fajaa
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Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَجْأَة (fajʔa).
Noun
[edit]fajaa (n class, plural fajaa)
- a sudden death (an instantaneous, unexpected death)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَجْأَةً (fajʔatan).[1]
Adverb
[edit]fajaa
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 227 Nr. 2088