kombora

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kombora

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Borrowed from Arabic قُنْبُرة (qunbura), from Ottoman Turkish خمبره (humbara, kumbara), from Persian خمباره (xombâra).

noun makombora

  1. class v missile
  2. class v bomb, grenade

In English

  • missile self-propelled, guidable projectile

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"kombora." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/kombora. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

kombora. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kombora

Chicago

"kombora." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kombora.

BibTeX
@misc{kombora_2026,
  title = {kombora},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kombora},
  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-kombora.flac.