msikiti
Chichewa
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmsikití class 3 (plural misikití class 4)
- Alternative form of mzikiti
Swahili
editEtymology
editAn old borrowing from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid),[1] specifically from an Arabic dialect with /ɡ/.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmsikiti (m-mi class, plural misikiti)
- mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 139 Nr. 1252
- ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[1], volume 10, number 1, page 2 of 1-10: “Another early loan is msikiti ‘mosque’, where the /k/ is also assumed to reflect original /g/”