masihara

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْخَرَة (masḵara).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

masihara class IX (plural masihara class X)

  1. jest, joke, play

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 140 Nr. 1263