dhahabu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذَهَب (ḏahab).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

dhahabu class IX (plural dhahabu class X)

  1. gold (element, mineral)

Descendants

  • → Kikuyu: thahabu
  • → Luganda: zaabu

Adjective

-a dhahabu (invariable)

  1. gold (color/colour)

See also

Colors in Swahili · rangi (layout · text)
     -eupe      -a kijivujivu ; -a kijivu      -eusi
             -ekundu              -a machungwa; -a hudhurungi ; -a kahawia              -a manjano ; -a kimanjano ; -a njano ; -a dhahabu
             -a manjani giza              -a kibichi ; -a kijani              -a manjani mwangaza
             -a bluu mwangaza              -a samawati              -a bluu
             -a urujuani              -a zambarau              -a waridi ; -a pinki

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 112 Nr. 996
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