shauku

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَوْق (šawq).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

shauku class IX (plural shauku class X)

  1. craving
    Synonym: tamaa
  2. eagerness
    Synonym: mshawasha

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 172 Nr. 1538a
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