mashariki

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic مَشْرِق (mašriq, “sunrise”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mashariki (invariable)

  1. east, eastern

Noun

mashariki class IX (plural mashariki class X)

  1. dawn
  2. The east

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 165 Nr. 1465
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