ajili
Appearance
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic أَجْلِ (ʔajli).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ajili class IX (plural ajili class X)
Derived terms
[edit]- kwa ajili (“because of, for the sake of”)
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 10 Nr. 20