siraji

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

siraji class IX (plural siraji class X)

  1. (uncommon) lamp, torch

Synonyms

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 141 Nr. 1276