stafeli
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Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Omani Arabic ستعفل (staʕfal), from an Indian language: Hindi सीताफल (sītāphal), Gujarati સીતાફળ (sītāphaḷ), or similar.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
stafeli (ma class, plural mastafeli)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[1], volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Soursop’, Sw stafeli. From OAr stāʻfal (M: 293), from an Indian language; cf. Hindustani sītāphal.”