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See also: Darubini
Swahili
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from dialectal Arabic دَرْبِين (darbīn, “telescope; binoculars”) (now more commonly دَرْبِيل (darbīl)), from Persian دوربین (durbin).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]darubini (n class, plural darubini)
- telescope (optical instrument that magnifies)
- binoculars