tajiri
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
tājìr̃ī m (feminine tājìr̃ā, plural tā̀jìr̃ai, possessed form tājìr̃in)
- alternative form of àttājìr̃ī (“wealthy person”)
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَاجِر (tājir).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Adjective
tajiri (invariable)
- rich (having wealth)
Antonyms
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- Causative: -tajirisha (“to make rich”)
- Stative: -tajirika (“to become rich”)
Noun
tajiri class V (plural matajiri class VI)
References
- ^ 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 46 Nr. 366