dhati

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

dhati class IX (plural dhati class X)

  1. being, essence
  2. free will
    • 2009 January 9, Mwananchi:
      […] "[K]ama mshindi kapatikana basi tutamuunga mkono kwa dhati," alisema mama Kahama.
      "If there is found to be a winner, well, we will willingly support him," said mother Kahama.

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 113 Nr. 998
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