farasi

== Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic فَرَس (faras). === Pronunciation === (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /fɑˈɾɑ.si/ === Noun === farasi class IX (plural farasi class X) horse kuendesha farasi ― to ride a horse framework (chess) knight ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kikuyu: mbarathi → Lingala: farása → Luganda: mbalaàsi → Tooro: embaraasi === See also === (Chinese zodiac signs) alama za unajimu wa Kichina; panya (“rat”), ng'ombe (“ox”), chui milia (“tiger”) or babara, sungura (“rabbit”), dragoni (“dragon”), nyoka (“snake”), farasi (“horse”), mbuzi (“goat”), kima (“monkey”), jogoo (“rooster”) or jimbi, mbwa (“dog”), nguruwe (“pig”) (Category: sw:Chinese zodiac signs) [edit] === References === Nettelbladt, F. Freiherr von (1891), Suaheli-Dragoman. Gespräche, Wörterbuch und praktische Anleitungen zum Verkehr mit den Eingeborenen in Deutsch-Ostafrika [Swahili Interpreter: Conversations, Dictionary and Practical Instructions for Dealing with the Natives in German East Africa] (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 118: “farássi (ar.), Pferd.” Rechenbach, Charles W. (1967), Swahili-English Dictionary, Washington, D. C.: The Catholic University of America Press, page 90