ziro

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِير (zīr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zi.ro/
  • Rhymes: -iro
  • Hyphenation: zì‧ro

Noun

ziro m (plural ziri)

  1. (regional) an earthenware, jug, painted inside, used to store oil etc.
    Synonym: orcio

Further reading

  • Vollers, Karl (1896) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 50, page 631

Anagrams

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English zero.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

ziro

  1. zero

References

  • Nicholas Awde, Swahili-English, English -Swahili Dictionary (2002, →ISBN)