kasiba

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).[1]

Noun

kasiba (n class, plural kasiba)

  1. barrel (metallic tube of a gun)

References

  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 248 Nr. 2294