Swahili edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic زَكَاة (zakāh).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

zakati (n class, plural zakati)

  1. (Islam) zakat, almsgiving

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 131 Nr. 1180