jarari

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَرَّار (jarrār).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

jarari class IX (plural jarari class X)

  1. drawer (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing)
  2. halyard

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 56 Nr. 457