idhini

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِذْن (ʔiḏn).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

idhini class IX (plural idhini class X)

  1. permission, approval, consent (authorisation)

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 12 Nr. 43