bepari

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani बेपारी (bepārī) / بیپاری (bepārī).[1][2]

Pronunciation
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Noun

bepari (ma class, plural mabepari)

  1. capitalist (supporter of capitalism)

Derived terms

References
  1. Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2000) Oriental Influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts‎, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, →ISBN, page 125: “Swahili bali (ear-ring), banyani (Hindu, Jain), bepari (trader, capitalist), bima (insurance), binda (okra, ladies fingers), and binda (loin cloth) are therefore most probably of Hindustani source (or Marathi/Konkani, Punjabi).”
  2. “bepari”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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