sadaka

See also: Sadaka

Chichewa

FWOTD – 14 April 2018

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili sadaka, from Arabic صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈɗá.ka/

Noun

sadáka class 9 (plural sadáka class 10)

1. alms, something given freely
2. a memorial meal held on the anniversary of a death

References

• Mtanthauziramawu wa Chinyanja (2000), Centre for Language Studies

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sá.dá.kàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sə́.də́.kàː]

Noun

sadakā̀ f (plural sadakōkī, possessed form sadakàr̃)

1. alms, charity

Japanese

Romanization

sadaka

1. Rōmaji transcription of さだか

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa).

Noun

sadàka f (Cyrillic spelling сада̀ка)

1. alms, charity

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

sadaka (n class, plural sadaka)

1. alms, charity
2. religious offering or sacrifice

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sadaqa, sadaqah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa, “alms; charity”). Compare Maranao sadka, Maguindanao sadeka, Tausug sarakka, and Malay sedekah.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sadaˈka/, [sɐ.dɐˈxa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: sa‧da‧ka

Noun

sadaká (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇᜃ) (Islam)

1. sadaqah (voluntary alms or charity)

See also

• kawanggawa
• zakat