karakana

Swahili

Etymology

From dialectal Arabic كَرْخَانَة (karḵāna) or Persian کارْخانِه (kârxâne).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

karakana class IX (plural karakana class X)

  1. workshop
  2. factory

References

  1. ^ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2000) Oriental Influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts‎[1], Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, →ISBN, page 63: “The Bulushi might also have consolidated the use of certain Persian items already found in Swahili and East Africa but which were not that common earlier, e.g. shali (shawl), cherehani (sewing-machine, any machine with a pedal) and karkhana, karakana (factory, workshop).”
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