kawaida

See also: Kawaida

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid), plural of قَاعِدَة (qāʕida).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

kawaida class IX (plural kawaida class X)

  1. regular or normal thing, habit

Adjective

-a kawaida (invariable)

  1. regular, ordinary, normal

Derived terms

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 250 Nr. 2318
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