mstatili

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَطِيل (mustaṭīl).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

mstatili class III (plural mistatili class IV)

  1. rectangle

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 195 Nr. 1744
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