ghorofa

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ghorofa class V or IX (plural maghorofa class VI or ghorofa class X)

  1. storey, floor (level of a building)
    ghorofa ya juu ― upper floor

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 221 Nr. 2007
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