ghururi
Swahili edit
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Ajami | غُرُرِ |
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic غُرُور (ḡurūr).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
ghururi (n class, plural ghururi)
- conceit, pride
- 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, , pages 243–249, stanza 12:
- هُيُوِ دُنِيَ اِيْنَ غُرُرِ ، دِيَ زَتَتَسِ هُزَدَمَيِْ،
- Huyui dunia ina ghururi? ndia za-tatasi huzandamaye?
- This world is deceitful, why follow its ways?
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 220 Nr. 2002