siraji

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj).

Pronunciation edit

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun edit

siraji (n class, plural siraji)

(uncommon) lamp, torch

Synonyms edit

(lamp): taa
(torch): tochi

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 141 Nr. 1276

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