akthari

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

akthari class IX (plural akthari class X)

  1. plenty (a more-than-adequate amount)

References

  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 258 Nr. 2401a