msikiti

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Chichewa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

msikití class 3 (plural misikití class 4)

  1. Alternative form of mzikiti

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An old borrowing from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid),[1] specifically from an Arabic dialect with /ɡ/.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

msikiti (m-mi class, plural misikiti)

  1. mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)

Descendants[edit]

  • Kamba: mũsikiti
  • Luganda: omuzikiti
  • Rwanda-Rundi: umusigiti
  • Yao: msikiti

References[edit]

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020-11-30) 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 139 Nr. 1252
  2. ^ Brook, Zev (2022), “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[1], volume 10, issue 1, page 2 of 1-10: “Another early loan is msikiti ‘mosque’, where the /k/ is also assumed to reflect original /g/”