fidia

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Swahili[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic فِدْيَة (fidya).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

fidia (n class, plural fidia)

  1. ransom (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
  2. compensation

Related terms[edit]

  • -fidi (“to pay ransom; to compensate”)

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 228 Nr. 2097
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