thaura
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic ثَوْرَة (ṯawra).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]thaura class IX (plural thaura class X)
- revolution
- Synonym: mapinduzi
References
[edit]- ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[1], volume 10, number 1, page 2 of 1-10: “Finally, modern engagement with the wider Islamic world has inspired Swahili lexicographers to coin words based on Modern Standard Arabic, like thaura ‘revolution’ or rais ‘president’”