taslimu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَسْلِيم (taslīm).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

taslimu class IX (plural taslimu class X)

  1. cash (money in the form of notes/bills and coins)

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 149 Nr. 1344
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