kinara

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kinara¹

Where it comes from

From ki- + mnara, ultimately from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).

noun vinara

  1. class vii candlestick
  2. class vii stage, scaffold, platform

kinara²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Gujarati and Kachchi કિનારો (kināro), Hindi किनारा (kinārā, “edge, hem”).

noun vinara

  1. class vii embroidery along the edge of a garment

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@misc{kinara_2026,
  title = {kinara},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kinara},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-kinara.flac.