zingefuri

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زُنْجُفْر (zunjufr) / زِنْجَفْر (zinjafr).[1]

Noun

zingefuri class IX (plural zingefuri class X)

  1. (rare) cinnabar

Derived terms

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 132 Nr. 1191
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