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ajili

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أَجْلِ (ʔajli).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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ajili class IX (plural ajili class X)

  1. cause, reason, sake

Derived terms

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  • kwa ajili (“because of, for the sake of”)

References

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  1. ^ 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
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