balaa

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Oromo

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

Noun

balaa

  1. accident

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

balaa (n class, plural balaa)

  1. catastrophe, calamity, misfortune

References

  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 38 Nr. 308
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