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Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic كَشْطَة (kašṭa), Modern Standard Arabic mostly قِشْدَة (qišda).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kashata class IX (plural kashata class X)
- A kind of candy from East Africa, made with coconut and sometimes nuts.
References
- ^ 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 246 Nr. 2289