farasi

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic فَرَس (faras).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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farasi (n class, plural farasi)

  1. horse
    kuendesha farasito ride a horse
  2. framework
  3. (chess) knight

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Kikuyu: mbarathi
  • Lingala: farása
  • Luganda: mbalaàsi
  • Tooro: embaraasi

See also

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Chess pieces in Swahili · kete za sataranji (see also: sataranji, chesi) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
shaha, shehe, mfalme, kete kuu malkia ngome sataranja, padre farasi, jemadari kitunda

References

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  • Nettelbladt, F. Freiherr von (1891) Suaheli-Dragoman. Gespräche, Wörterbuch und praktische Anleitungen zum Verkehr mit den Eingeborenen in Deutsch-Ostafrika [Swahili Interpreter: Conversations, Dictionary and Practical Instructions for Dealing with the Natives in German East Africa] (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 118:farássi (ar.), Pferd.
  • Rechenbach, Charles W. (1967) Swahili-English Dictionary, Washington, D. C.: The Catholic University of America Press, page 90