madini
See also: Madini
Swahili
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic مَعْدِن (maʕdin, “mineral”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmadini (n class, plural madini)
Synonyms
edit- (metal): metali
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 202 Nr. 1817