kadhaa

Swahili

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قَضَاء (qaḍāʔ, “judgment, edict; divine decree”, hence “something inevitable”).

Noun

kadhaa class IX (plural kadhaa class X)

1. requirement; necessity

Etymology 2

From Arabic كَذَا (kaḏā) used with the same sense, e.g. in كَذَا مَرَّة (kaḏā marra, “several times”).

Alternative forms

• kadha

Determiner

kadhaa

1. several (used following a noun)

Adjective

kadhaa (invariable)

1. various, some