adhabu
Appearance
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic عَذَاب (ʕaḏāb).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]adhabu class IX (plural adhabu class X)
- a correction as punishment
Related terms
[edit]- -adhibu (“to punish”)
References
[edit]- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202 Nr. 1823