Where does “uzuri” come from?
uzuri (Swahili) comes from Swahili zuri, from Arabic زور, from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭫.
uzuri (Swahili): goodness; beauty
Ancestry of “uzuri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swahili | zuri | good, kind; nice; pretty, beautiful |
| 2 | Arabic | زور | to incline; to acknowledge as a visitor, to treat... |
| 3 | Middle Persian | 𐭦𐭥𐭫 | — |