hasha

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَاشَا (ḥāšā).[1]

Pronunciation

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Interjection

hasha

  1. no, certainly not, never

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 75 Nr. 654