shawali

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَوَّال (šawwāl).[1]

Noun

shawali class IX (plural shawali class X)

  1. Shawwal (tenth month of the Islamic calendar)

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. 1541
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