karakana
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dialectal Arabic كَرْخَانَة (karḵāna) or Persian کارْخانِه (kârxâne).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karakana class IX (plural karakana class X)
References
[edit]- ^ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2000) Oriental Influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts[1], Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, →ISBN, page 63: “The Bulushi might also have consolidated the use of certain Persian items already found in Swahili and East Africa but which were not that common earlier, e.g. shali (shawl), cherehani (sewing-machine, any machine with a pedal) and karkhana, karakana (factory, workshop).”