bikari

See also: Bikari

Swahili

Etymology

From Persian پرگار (pargâr), via Arabic بِرْكَار (birkār).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

bikari class IX (plural bikari class X)

  1. pair of compasses

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 45 Nr. 353
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