idhini
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِذْن (ʔiḏn).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
idhini class IX (plural idhini class X)
- permission, approval, consent (authorisation)
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- Causative: -idhinisha
- Stative: -idhinika
References
- ^ 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