shaba
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See also: sħaba
Swahili
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Etymology
[edit]From Arabic شَبَه (šabah, “brass”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]shaba (n class, plural shaba)
References
[edit]- ^ 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 162 Nr. 1431a