forosadi

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِرْصَاد (firṣād).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

forosadi class V (plural maforosadi class VI)

  1. mulberry

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 231 Nr. 2117