marabuto

Portuguese

Etymology

From Moroccan Arabic مْرَابِط (mrabeṭ) (standard Arabic مُرَابِط (murābiṭ, “soldier stationed in fortified outpost”)).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾaˈbu.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾaˈbu.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾaˈbu.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɐˈbu.tu/ [mɐ.ɾɐˈβu.tu]

Noun

marabuto m (plural marabutos)

1. marabout (Muslim holy man or mystic)
2. marabout (tomb of a marabout)