taahira

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَأْخِير (taʔḵīr).[1]

Noun

taahira class IX (plural taahira class X)

  1. delay

Noun

taahira class I/IX (plural taahira class II/X)

  1. mentally retarded person

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 11 Nr. 31
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