wakili
Hausa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wàkīlī̀ m (plural wàkī̀lai, possessed form wàkīlìn)
- representative, agent
- member of the legislature
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wakili (ma class, plural mawakili)
- lawyer, attorney (professional person authorized to practice law)
- Synonym: mwanasheria
- agent, representative
Derived terms
[edit]- Verbal derivations:
- Causative: -wakilisha
- Stative: -wakilika
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 309 Nr. 2980
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- Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root و ك ل
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- sw:Legal occupations