gharama

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَرَامَة (ḡarāma).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

gharama class IX (plural gharama class X)

  1. the cost of something (amount of money)

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 221 Nr. 2012