stafeli

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Omani Arabic ستعفل (staʕfal), from an Indian language: Hindi सीताफल (sītāphal), Gujarati સીતાફળ (sītāphaḷ), or similar.[1]

Pronunciation
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Noun

stafeli (ma class, plural mastafeli)

  1. soursop

Derived terms

References
  1. Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎, volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Soursop’, Sw stafeli. From OAr stāʻfal (M: 293), from an Indian language; cf. Hindustani sītāphal.”
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