fajaa

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Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic فَجْأَة (fajʔa).

Noun[edit]

fajaa (n class, plural fajaa)

  1. a sudden death (an instantaneous, unexpected death)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic فَجْأَةً (fajʔatan).[1]

Adverb[edit]

fajaa

  1. suddenly, quickly

References[edit]

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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 227 Nr. 2088
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