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kashata

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Swahili

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Etymology

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From Arabic كَشْطَة (kašṭa), Modern Standard Arabic mostly قِشْدَة (qišda).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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kashata class IX (plural kashata class X)

  1. A kind of candy from East Africa, made with coconut and sometimes nuts.

References

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  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 246 Nr. 2289
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