shairi

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic شِعْر (šiʕr).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ʃɑˈi.ɾi/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

shairi class V (plural mashairi class VI)

  1. poem (literary piece written in verse)

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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 167 Nr. 1482
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