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 and " dakhtar torsheedeh" in Persian.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 and " dokhtar torsheedeh" in Persian.Flah, Loubna (18 August 2012).