ghururi

Swahili

Other scripts
Ajami غُرُرِ

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غُرُور (ḡurūr).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ghururi class IX (plural ghururi class X)

  1. conceit, pride
    • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 12:
      هُيُوِ دُنِيَ اِيْنَ غُرُرِ ، دِيَ زَتَتَسِ هُزَدَمَيِْ،
      Huyui dunia ina ghururi? ndia za-tatasi huzandamaye?
      This world is deceitful, why follow its ways?

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 220 Nr. 2002
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