tarbushi

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَرْبُوش (ṭarbūš).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

tarbushi (n class, plural tarbushi)

  1. tarboosh, fez (a kind of red cap with a tassel)

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. 1693