fidia
See also: Fidia
Swahili
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic فِدْيَة (fidya).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfidia (n class, plural fidia)
- ransom (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- compensation
Related terms
edit- -fidi (“to pay ransom; to compensate”)
References
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 228 Nr. 2097