Ulaya
Chichewa
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Swahili Ulaya, from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editUláya or Ulayá
Swahili
editEtymology
editUltimately from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya); the directly borrowed doublet is wilaya.[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editUlaya
- Europe (continent)
Synonyms
edit- Uropa (rare)
Descendants
edit- → Chichewa: Ulaya
See also
edit- (continents) mabara; Afrika (“Africa”), Amerika (“America”), Antaktika (“Antarctica”) or Antaktiki, Asia (“Asia”), Ulaya (“Europe”) or Uropa, Amerika ya Kaskazini (“North America”), Australia (“Oceania”), Amerika ya Kusini (“South America”) (Category: sw:Continents) [edit]
References
edit- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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, pages 310-311 Nr. 2990
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- Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root و ل ي
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