Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic ثَابِت (ṯābit).[1]

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

thabiti (invariable)

  1. stable, immovable, firm
  2. certain, undoubtable

References edit

  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 50 Nr. 408