Swahili

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic خَاتِمَة (ḵātima).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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hatima (n class, plural hatima)

  1. conclusion, end
  2. fate

References

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  1. ^ 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 87 Nr. 768

Tsonga

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Verb

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hatima

  1. to flash