gaidi
Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic كَيْد (kayd, “ruse, artifice; slyness; deception”).[1]
Noun
[edit]gaidi class V (plural magaidi class VI)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from English guide.[2]
Noun
[edit]gaidi class V (plural magaidi class VI)
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 267 Nr. 2501
- ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1994) “Does Kiswahili have diphthongs: interpreting foreign sounds in African languages”, in South African Journal of African Languages[1], volume 14, number 4, , page 181 of 180-186
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- Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ك ي د
- Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili class V nouns
- Swahili terms borrowed from English
- Swahili terms derived from English
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