ridhaa

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِضَاء (riḍāʔ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

ridhaa class IX (plural ridhaa class X)

  1. acceptance, agreement, endorsement, satisfaction
  • -ridhi (to approve, consent; to satisfy, please)

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 122 Nr. 1089