ziro

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِير (zīr).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zi.ro/
  • Rhymes: -iro
  • Hyphenation: zì‧ro

Noun

ziro m (plural ziri)

  1. (regional) an earthenware, jug, painted inside, used to store oil etc.
    Synonym: orcio

Further reading
  • Vollers, Karl (1896) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 50, page 631

Anagrams

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English zero.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adjective

ziro

  1. zero

References
  • Nicholas Awde, Swahili-English, English -Swahili Dictionary (2002, →ISBN)
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