bustani

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic بُسْتَان (bustān),[1] from Persian بوستان (bôstân).

Pronunciation

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Noun

bustani class IX (plural bustani class X)

  1. garden

Derived terms

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 31 Nr. 235