akili

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ɑˈki.li/
  • (unadapted from Arabic) IPA(key): /ɑˈqi.li/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

akili class IX (no plural)

  1. mind
  2. common sense

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), 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 212 Nr. 1907
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