zebaki

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Omani Arabic زَيبق (zēbaq), from Arabic زِئْبَق (ziʔbaq).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

zebaki class IX (plural zebaki class X)

  1. mercury (chemical element)

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 129 Nr. 1152