darubini

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Swahili

darubini

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Arabic دَرْبِين (darbīn, telescope; binoculars) (now more commonly دَرْبِيل (darbīl)), from Persian دوربین (durbin).

Pronunciation

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Noun

darubini class IX (plural darubini class X)

  1. telescope (optical instrument that magnifies)
  2. binoculars