tanzia

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَعْزِيَة (taʕziya).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

tanzia class IX (plural tanzia class X)

  1. obituary
    kupa mkono wa tanzia ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. tragedy

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 207 Nr. 1859
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