majira

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic مَجْرًى (majran).[1]

Pronunciation
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Noun

majira (ma class, plural only)

  1. season
  2. period of time
  3. time, as measured by a clock
  4. plural of jira, in the sense of axis

See also

References
  1. 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 57 Nr. 469
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