"cherehani" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-cherehani.flac [Kenya] Forms: vyerehani [class-viii, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian چرخه (čarxe). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|fa:چرخه <ref:<span class="cited-source">Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (<span class="None" lang="und">2000), <cite>Oriental Influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts</cite>, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, <small>→ISBN</small>, page 63:</span> “<span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">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).</span>”</span>>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "transliteration" : "čarxe", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Persian", "term" : "چرخه", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fa" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "cherehani", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="cherehani"> Borrowed from Persian چرخه (čarxe)., {{ety|sw|:bor|['fa:چرخه <ref:', <TEMPLATE(['R:sw:Lodhi:2000'], ['page=63'], ["text=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)."]){} >, '>']|text=+|tree=1}} Borrowed from Persian چرخه (čarxe). Head templates: {{sw-noun|vi}} cherehani class VII (plural vyerehani class VIII)
  1. sewing machine Tags: class-vii

Inflected forms

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