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mradi

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُرَاد (murād).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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mradi class III (plural miradi class IV)

  1. project (planned endeavor)
  2. intention
  3. plan
  4. spindle

Conjunction

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mradi

  1. because, since, so long as

References

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  1. ^ 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 128 Nr. 1140
  2. ^ Krumm, Bernhard (1932) Wörter und Wortformen orientalischen Ursprungs im Suaheli[1] (in German), Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., →DOI, →ISBN, pages 51-52