hisa

See also: hiša and HISA

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِصَّة (ḥiṣṣa).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

hisa class IX (plural hisa class X)

  1. portion
  2. (finance) share, stock
  3. (arithmetic) quotient

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. 656
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