"gharika" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-gharika.flac [Kenya] Forms: magharika [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic غَرِيقَة (ḡarīqa, “drowned”). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|غريق|غَرِيقَة|t=drowned}} Arabic غَرِيقَة (ḡarīqa, “drowned”), {{root|sw|ar|غ ر ق}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} gharika, {{sw-noun|ma}} gharika (ma class, plural magharika)
  1. a flood or downpour (overflow of water) Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Water, Weather
    Sense id: en-gharika-sw-noun-Ho9uSapD Disambiguation of Water: 92 8 Disambiguation of Weather: 88 12 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 57 43
  2. destruction resulting from a flood Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-gharika-sw-noun-3SCiSUiR

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gharika meaning in Swahili (2.0kB)

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