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huzuni

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Swahili

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Etymology

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From Arabic حُزْن (ḥuzn).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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huzuni class IX (no plural)

  1. sadness, grief, sorrow

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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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 73 Nr. 640
  2. ^ Harvey, Andrew (2014) “Epenthetic Vowels in Swahili Loanwords”, in Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education[1], volume 8, number 2, page 19 of 17-45:Ar. huzn [huzn] -> Sw. huzuni [huzuni] ‘grief’