English
shauri
Shauri comes from Swahili shauri ‘plan’, and goes back to Arabic شَوْر.
- Arabicc. 500–presentشَوْرšawr
- Swahilimodernshauri‘plan’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentشَوْرšawr
- Swahilimodernshauri‘plan’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876same form
Earliest quotation: 1876, Henry Morton Stanley, Through the Dark Continent: “Strangers were few before they saw us, and we…”
Every English word from Arabic شَوْر
Today it means
noun A consultation, usually between a bwana and a local African.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic شَوْر / shauri