fulusi
Swahili
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs, “money”),[1] ultimately from Latin follis (“bag”).
Noun
editfulusi (n class, plural fulusi)
- currency (money or other item used to facilitate transactions)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs), plural of فَلْس (fals, “fish scale”), from φολίς (pholís, “reptile or fish scale”).
Noun
editfulusi (n class, plural fulusi)
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 237 Nr. 2185