yasini
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic يٰس (yāsīn).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
yasini (n class, no plural)
- Ya-Sin (36th chapter of the Qur'an)
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 312 No. 3011