jasho

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَأْش (jaʔš).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

jasho class IX (no plural)

  1. sweat (fluid that exits the body through pores)
  2. hard work

References

  • Kraska-Szlenk, Iwona (2023) “Kiswahili Research in Cognitive and Cultural Linguistics”, in Swahili Forum, volume 30, →ISSN, page 205 of 196-214:While many languages use the metaphor (HARD) WORK IS SWEATING, Kiswahili looks very exceptional with its further extensions of jasho ‘sweat’ which may metonymically stand for ‘work’ or even ‘profit’
  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 54 Nr. 430