Before revision: Around the world Never-married women are called "aanissat" in Arabic, "spinsters" or "old maids" in English, "vieilles filles" in French, "zitelle" in Italian, "alte Jungfer" in German, "shengnu" in Mandarin, "stara panna" in Polish, "dokhtar torsheedeh" in Persian, and “qaira kich” ( qaira itself is an adjective meaning “mature virgin,” the term may also apply to bachelors as “qaira kur”) in Sorani Kurdish.Flah, Loubna (18 August 2012).
After revision: Around the world Never-married women are called "aanissat" in Arabic, "spinsters" or "old maids" in English, "vieilles filles" in French, "zitelle" in Italian, "alte Jungfer" in German, "shengnu" in Mandarin, "stara panna" in Polish, "dokhtar torsheedeh" in Persian, and ““qaira” kich” ( qaira itself is an adjective meaning “mature virgin,” the term may also apply to bachelors as “qaira kur”) in Sorani Kurdish.Flah, Loubna (18 August 2012).