namna
See also: nämna
Gothic
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Omani Arabic نمونة (nemūne, “pattern”), from Persian نمونه (namune).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Derived terms
- namna kwa namna
References
- Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica, volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Manner’, Sw namna (older namuna). From OAr nemūne (R: 45) but also nemne (R: 58) / namū́na (N: 95) (glossed as ‘form, shape’), from Persian namūna.”
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