madini
Appearance
See also: Madini
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic مَعْدِن (maʕdin, “mineral”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]madini (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