bidhaa

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِضَاعَة (biḍāʕa).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bi‧dha‧a

Noun

bidhaa class IX (plural bidhaa class X)

  1. commodity, goods, merchandise, services

Derived terms

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 33 Nr. 248