bilauri

Swahili

Etymology

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    Pali veḷuriyabor.
    Middle Persian bylwl (/⁠*bēlūr⁠/)
    Classical Persian بِلّور (billōr)bor.
    Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr)bor.
    Swahili bilauri

    Borrowed from Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr),[1] borrowed from Classical Persian بِلّور (billōr), from Middle Persian bylwl (/⁠*bēlūr⁠/), borrowed from Pali veḷuriya.

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    Noun

    bilauri class IX (plural bilauri class X)

    1. drinking glass, tumbler

    References

    1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), 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 39 Nr. 310
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