"cherehani" meaning in Swahili

See cherehani in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-cherehani.flac [Kenya] Forms: vyerehani [class-viii, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian چرخه (čarxe). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|fa|چرخه|tr=čarxe}} Borrowed from Persian چرخه (čarxe) Head templates: {{sw-noun|vi}} cherehani class VII (plural vyerehani class VIII)
  1. sewing machine Tags: class-vii
    Sense id: en-cherehani-sw-noun-FlS0IqIX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Sewing

Inflected forms

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    [
      "چرخه",
      "چرخه#Persian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "چرخه",
        "tr": "čarxe"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Persian چرخه (čarxe)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Persian چرخه (čarxe).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vyerehani",
      "tags": [
        "class-viii",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi"
      },
      "expansion": "cherehani class VII (plural vyerehani class VIII)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Sewing",
          "orig": "sw:Sewing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sewing machine"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sewing machine",
          "sewing machine"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-vii"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "Sw-ke-cherehani.flac",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/Sw-ke-cherehani.flac/Sw-ke-cherehani.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
{
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      "چرخه",
      "چرخه#Persian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "1": "sw",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "چرخه",
        "tr": "čarxe"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vyerehani",
      "tags": [
        "class-viii",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi"
      },
      "expansion": "cherehani class VII (plural vyerehani class VIII)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili class VII nouns",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms borrowed from Persian",
        "Swahili terms derived from Persian",
        "sw:Sewing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sewing machine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sewing machine",
          "sewing machine"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-vii"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/Sw-ke-cherehani.flac/Sw-ke-cherehani.flac.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Kenya"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cherehani"
}

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