waraka
Appearance
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic وَرَقَة (waraqa).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]waraka class XI (plural nyaraka class X)
- document
- letter
- Synonym: barua
- cigarette paper
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 303 No. 2917