athari

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

athari class IX (plural athari class X)

  1. mark, blemish
  2. deficiency
  3. effect
    athari ya sauti
    sound effect

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 10 Nr. 12
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