biashara

Swahili

Etymology

Compound of Arabic بَاعَ (bāʕa, “to sell”) +‎ Arabic شَرَى (šarā, “to buy”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

biashara class IX (plural biashara class X)

  1. business, trade, commerce

Derived terms

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 44 Nr. 349
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