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Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أُعْجُوبَة (ʔuʕjūba, “miracle, marvel”).[1]
Noun
ujuba class IX (plural ujuba class X)
- fearlessness, insolence
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 199 Nr. 1785