takbira

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَكْبِير (takbīr).[1]

Noun

takbira class IX (plural takbira class X)

  1. (Islam) takbir (proclamation of the greatness of God)

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 256 Nr. 2389