akili
Swahili
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ɑˈki.li/
- (unadapted from Arabic) IPA(key): /ɑˈqi.li/
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
[edit]akili class IX (no plural)
References
[edit]- ^ 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 212 Nr. 1907