thaura
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic ثَوْرَة (ṯawra).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
thaura (n class, plural thaura)
- revolution
- Synonym: mapinduzi
References[edit]
- ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[1], volume 10, number 1, page 2 of 1-10: “Finally, modern engagement with the wider Islamic world has inspired Swahili lexicographers to coin words based on Modern Standard Arabic, like thaura ‘revolution’ or rais ‘president’”