yamini

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَمِين (yamīn, “right side; oath”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

yamini class IX (plural yamini class X)

  1. oath
    Synonym: kiapo
  2. (literary) right hand
    Synonym: mkono wa kulia
    Antonym: shemali
  3. (literary) right side
  4. (literary) south
    Synonym: kusini

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 313 Nr. 3025
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