"waraka" meaning in Swahili

See waraka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-waraka.flac [Kenya] Forms: nyaraka [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic وَرَقَة (waraqa). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|وَرَقَة|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic وَرَقَة (waraqa), {{bor+|sw|ar|وَرَقَة}} Borrowed from Arabic وَرَقَة (waraqa), {{root|sw|ar|و ر ق}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} waraka, {{sw-noun|u}} waraka (u class, plural nyaraka)
  1. document Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14 Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-waraka-sw-noun-Q8wj-lK4 Disambiguation of Computing: 87 3 10
  2. letter Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14
    Sense id: en-waraka-sw-noun--AEF76tt
  3. cigarette paper Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14
    Sense id: en-waraka-sw-noun-amUHbjDw Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 11 1 88

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for waraka meaning in Swahili (2.1kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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