bikira

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِكْر (bikr, “virgin”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

bikira class V (plural mabikira class VI)

  1. virgin (person who has never had sexual intercourse)

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 37 Nr. 283
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