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mizani

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Hausa

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /míː.záː.nìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [míː.záː.nìː]

Noun

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mīzānī̀ m (possessed form mīzānìn)

  1. scales, balance

Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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mizani class X (plural only)

  1. scales, balance (device for weighing goods)
  2. (poetry) poetic meter

References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), 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 304 Nr. 2924
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