Where does “marijani” come from?
marijani (Swahili) comes from Arabic مَرْجَان, from Classical Syriac ܡܪܰܓܳܢ, from Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܓܳܢܺܝܬܳܐ, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης, from Proto-Iranian *mŕ̥ga-ahri-ita-.
marijani (Swahili): coral
Ancestry of “marijani”, step by step