thaura
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic ثَوْرَة (ṯawra).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
thaura (n class, plural thaura)
- revolution
- Synonym: mapinduzi
References edit
- ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[1], volume 10, number 1, page 2 of 1-10: “Finally, modern engagement with the wider Islamic world has inspired Swahili lexicographers to coin words based on Modern Standard Arabic, like thaura ‘revolution’ or rais ‘president’”