kaharabu

Swahili

Etymology

From Omani Arabic كهراب (kahrāb), ultimately from Persian کهربا (kahrobâ).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

kaharabu class IX (plural kaharabu class X)

  1. amber

References

  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎[1], volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Amber’, Sw kaharabu. From OAr kahrāb (R: 52), from Persian kahrubā.”
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