English
kinara
Kinara comes from Swahili kinara ‘candlestick’, and goes back to Arabic مَنَارَة ‘lighthouse’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَنَارَةmanāra‘lighthouse’
- Swahilimodernmnara
- Swahili, derivedmodernkinara‘candlestick’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَنَارَةmanāra‘lighthouse’
- Swahilimodernmnara
- Swahili, derivedmodernkinara‘candlestick’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Arabic مَنَارَة ‘lighthouse’
Today it means
noun A candle holder used in Kwanzaa celebrations.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic مَنَارَة / kinara