kadhaa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قَضَاء (qaḍāʔ, “judgment, edict; divine decree”, hence “something inevitable”).

Noun

kadhaa class IX (plural kadhaa class X)

  1. requirement; necessity

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كَذَا (kaḏā) used with the same sense, e.g. in كَذَا مَرَّة (kaḏā marra, “several times”).[1]

Alternative forms

Determiner

kadhaa

  1. several (used following a noun)

Adjective

kadhaa (invariable)

  1. various, some

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 255 Nr. 2376
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