msikiti

Chichewa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /m.siˈki.tí/

Noun

msikití class 3 (plural misikití class 4)

  1. alternative form of mzikiti

Swahili

Etymology

An old borrowing from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid),[1] specifically from an Arabic dialect with /ɡ/.[2]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

msikiti class III (plural misikiti class IV)

  1. mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)

Descendants

  • → Kamba: mũsikiti
  • → Luganda: omuzigiti
  • → Rwanda-Rundi: umusigiti
  • → Yao: msikiti

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 139 Nr. 1252
  2. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎[1], volume 10, number 1, page 2 of 1-10: “Another early loan is msikiti ‘mosque’, where the /k/ is also assumed to reflect original /g/”
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