sharti

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from French charte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃarti/ [ˈʃʌɾtɪ]
  • Hyphenation: shar‧ti

Noun

shárti m 

  1. charter

Declension

Declension of shárti
absolutive shárti
predicative shárti
subjective shartí
genitive shartí
Postpositioned forms
l-case shártil
k-case shártik
t-case shártit
h-case shártih

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 24

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْط (šarṭ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adverb

sharti

  1. necessarily

Usage notes

Precedes a verb to give the meaning "must".

Synonyms

Noun

sharti class V (plural masharti class VI)

  1. rule, requirement
  2. (usually in plural) obligation, contract

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 164 Nr. 1456