falaki
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَك (falak).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
falaki class IX (plural falaki class X)
Synonyms
- (astronomy): astronomia
- (astrology): unajimu
References
- ^ 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 238 Nr. 2191