dhahabu
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Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ذَهَب (ḏahab).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
dhahabu (n class, plural dhahabu)
- gold (element, mineral)
Descendants
- → Kikuyu: thahabu
Adjective
-a dhahabu (invariable)
- gold (color/colour)
See also
| -eupe | -a kijivujivu ; -a kijivu | -eusi |
| -ekundu | -a machungwa; -a hudhurungi ; -a kahawia | -a manjano ; -a kimanjano ; -a njano ; -a dhahabu |
| -a manjani giza | -a kibichi ; -a kijani | -a manjani mwangaza |
| -a bluu mwangaza | -a samawati | -a bluu |
| -a urujuani | -a zambarau | -a waridi ; -a pinki |
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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 112 Nr. 996
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- Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic
- Swahili terms derived from Arabic
- Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ذ ه ب
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- Swahili nouns
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- Swahili adjectives
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- sw:Chemical elements
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- sw:Yellows