shaba

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shaba

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Borrowed from Arabic شَبَه (šabah, “brass”).

noun shaba

  1. class ix copper (chemical element)

    Similar: kupri

  2. class ix brass

In English

  • copper reddish-brown colour of copper

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

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

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

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@misc{shaba_2026,
  title = {shaba},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/shaba},
  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-shaba.flac.