almasi

See also: Almási

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَلْمَاس (ʔalmās).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

almasi class IX (plural almasi class X)

  1. diamond

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 15 Nr. 86