fidia

See also: Fidia

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِدْيَة (fidya).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

fidia class IX (plural fidia class X)

  1. ransom (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
  2. compensation
    fidia ya ardhi ― land compensation
  • -fidi (“to pay ransom; to compensate”)

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 228 Nr. 2097
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