adhimu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَظِيم (ʕaẓīm).^[1]

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Adjective

adhimu (invariable)

important, significant, glorious

Derived terms

Verbal derivations:
- Causative: -adhimisha
- Stative: -adhimika

See also

adhama (“glory, majesty”)

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 210 Nr. 1888

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