darasa

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَرْس (dars).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

darasa class V (plural madarasa class VI)

  1. classroom (room in a school)
  2. class period
  3. lesson

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 100 Nr. 899