santuri
Appearance
Swahili
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic سَنْطُور (sanṭūr, “santur”), سُنْطُور (sunṭūr)[1] and/or Classical Persian سَنْتُور (santūr, “santur”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]santuri class IX (plural santuri class X)
- gramophone
- Synonym: gramafoni
References
[edit]- ^ 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 153 Nr. 1375