udhu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

udhu class XI (no plural)

  1. (Islam) wudu, abdest (washing required after minor ritual impurity)
  2. (Islam) wudu (state of purity achieved by this)

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 306 Nr. 2947
  2. ^ Krumm, Bernhard (1932) Wörter und Wortformen orientalischen Ursprungs im Suaheli‎[1] (in German), Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., →DOI, →ISBN, page 53
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