baruti

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Omani Arabic باروت (bārūt), ultimately from Arabic بَارُود (bārūd).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

baruti class IX (plural baruti class X)

  1. gunpowder
  2. explosive, dynamite

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 22 Nr. 150
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