msikiti
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Chichewa[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
msikití class 3 (plural misikití class 4)
- 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]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
msikiti (m-mi class, plural misikiti)
- mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ 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/”