fidia

See also: Fidia

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِدْيَة (fidya).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

fidia (n class, plural fidia)

1. ransom (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
2. compensation

Related terms

• -fidi (“to pay ransom; to compensate”)

References

• Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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 228 Nr. 2097