adhuhuri

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic الظُّهْر (aẓ-ẓuhr).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ.ðuˈhu.ɾi/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

adhuhuri class IX (plural adhuhuri class X)

  1. midday, noontime

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197 Nr. 1766