ambari

English

Noun

ambari (countable and uncountable, plural ambaris)

  1. Alternative form of ambaree (“type of howdah”).
  2. Alternative form of ambaree (“fiber plant”).

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar),[1] possibly via Portuguese âmbar.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ambari class IX (plural ambari class X)

  1. ambergris

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 216 Nr. 1952
  2. ^ Baldi, Sergio (16 October 2023), Dictionary of Portuguese Loanwords in the Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa (Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture; 40), Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 100 Nr. 63
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