bepari
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Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani बेपारी (bepārī) / بیپاری (bepārī).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
bepari class V (plural mabepari class VI)
- capitalist (supporter of capitalism)
Derived terms
- -a kibepari (“capitalist”)
- ubepari (“capitalism”)
References
- ^ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2000) Oriental Influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, →ISBN, page 125: “Swahili bali (ear-ring), banyani (Hindu, Jain), bepari (trader, capitalist), bima (insurance), binda (okra, ladies fingers), and binda (loin cloth) are therefore most probably of Hindustani source (or Marathi/Konkani, Punjabi).”
- ^ “bepari”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.