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Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بَدَن (badan).
Pronunciation
Noun
bedeni class V (plural mabedeni class VI)
- The beden, a type of dhow in which the prow and stern are identical.
References
- Agius, Dionisius A. (2005) Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman: People of the Dhow, London: Kegan Paul Limited, page 20
- 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 34 Nr. 259, falsely derives from baṭāyin