mutribu

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Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُطْرِب (muṭrib).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

mutribu (m-wa class, plural watribu)

  1. singer or instrumentalist in taarab group

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 190 Nr. 1692
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