bawabu

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Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic بَوَّاب (bawwāb).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

bawabu (ma class, plural mabawabu)

  1. doorman, doorkeeper, gatekeeper

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 43 Nr. 332
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