بروة

Omani Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَرَاءَة (barāʔa). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic برا (brā), برية (briyya), Hassaniya Arabic براوة (brāwa).

Noun

بروة (barwaf

  1. a type of legal letter

Descendants

  • Swahili: barua

References

  • Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012), Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 462