omuzigiti
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Luganda
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swahili msikiti.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]omuzigiti (class II, plural emizigiti, base state muzigiti, plural base state mizigiti)
- mosque
- 2007, Kur'āni Entukuvu mu Luganda [The Holy Qur'an — Arabic Text and Luganda Translation][1], Islam International Publications, Essuula 9:18:
- Mu butuufu alabirira emizigiti gya Allah y'oyo akkiriza Allah n'olunaku lw'enkomerero era n'ajjumbira essaala n'atoola zaka n'atatya mulala yenna okuggyaho Allah; kale abo be basaana okubeera mu balung'amu.
- The mosques of Allah are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and establish prayer and give zakah and do not fear except Allah, for it is expected that those will be of the rightly guided.
References
[edit]- Snoxall, R. A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 231
- Murphy, John D. (1972) Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 396
- The Essentials of Luganda, J. D. Chesswas, 4th edition. Oxford University Press: Nairobi. 1967, p. 60.