karatasi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَرْطَس (qarṭas).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

karatasi class IX (plural karatasi class X)

  1. paper (material for writing on)

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, pages 244-245 Nr. 2270