forosadi
Swahili
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فِرْصَاد (firṣād).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
forosadi class V (plural maforosadi class VI)
Derived terms
- mforosadi (“mulberry tree”)
References
- ^ 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 231 Nr. 2117