Jump to content

uturi

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Swahili

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic عُطُور (ʕuṭūr), plural of عِطْر (ʕiṭr).[1]

Noun

[edit]

uturi class IX (plural uturi class X)

  1. perfume, scent, attar

References

[edit]
  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 209 Nr. 1879