jamhuri

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُمْهُورِيَّة (jumhūriyya).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

jamhuri class IX (plural jamhuri class X)

  1. republic

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 62 Nr. 522