istiwai

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic (خَطّ) اَلْاِسْتِوَاء ((ḵaṭṭ) al-istiwāʔ).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

istiwai class IX (plural istiwai class X)

  1. equator
    Synonym: ikweta

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 91 Nr. 806
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