santuri
Swahili
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic سَنْطُور (sanṭūr, “santur”), سُنْطُور (sunṭūr)[1] and/or Classical Persian سَنْتُور (santūr, “santur”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsanturi (n class, plural santuri)
- gramophone
- Synonym: gramafoni
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 153 Nr. 1375