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mashariki

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Arabic مَشْرِق (mašriq, “sunrise”).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    • Audio (Kenya):(file)

    Adjective

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    mashariki (invariable)

    1. east, eastern

    Noun

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    mashariki class IX (plural mashariki class X)

    1. dawn
    2. The east
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    References

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    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 165 Nr. 1465
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