"darubini" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-darubini.flac Forms: darubini [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from dialectal Arabic دَرْبِين (darbīn, “telescope; binoculars”) (now more commonly دَرْبِيل (darbīl)), from Persian دوربین (durbin). Etymology templates: {{bor|sw|ar|دَرْبِين|t=telescope; binoculars}} Arabic دَرْبِين (darbīn, “telescope; binoculars”), {{der|sw|fa|دوربین|tr=durbin}} Persian دوربین (durbin) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} darubini, {{sw-noun|n}} darubini (n class, plural darubini)
  1. telescope (optical instrument that magnifies) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-darubini-sw-noun-CS01qkO0 Disambiguation of Astronomy: 96 4 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 97 3
  2. binoculars Tags: class-10, class-9
    Sense id: en-darubini-sw-noun-oOI6CBPC

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