sarafu

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Etymology[edit]

From Arabic صَرْف (ṣarf, “expense”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

sarafu (n class, plural sarafu)

  1. coin

References[edit]

  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 178 Nr. 1580
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