mraba

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَبَّعْ (murabbaʕ).[1][2]

Noun

mraba class III (plural miraba class IV)

  1. square, rectangle

Adjective

-a mraba (invariable)

  1. squared
  2. square (one-dimensional units of measurement made two-dimensional)
    maili tatu za mraba — three square miles

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَبَّى (murabbā).[3]

Noun

mraba class ? (plural [please provide])

  1. This term needs a translation to English (Jam or sweets). Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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 115 Nr. 1028
  2. ^ Krumm, Bernhard (1932), Wörter und Wortformen orientalischen Ursprungs im Suaheli‎[1] (in German), Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., →DOI, →ISBN, page 51
  3. ^ 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 116 Nr. 1033
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