gaidi
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Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic كَيْد (kayd, “ruse, artifice; slyness; deception”).[1]
Noun
[edit]gaidi (ma class, plural magaidi)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]gaidi (ma class, plural magaidi)
References
[edit]- ^ 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 267 Nr. 2501