ajali

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Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic أَجَل (ʔajal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔá.(d)ʒà.líː/
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Noun

ajàlī m (possessed form ajàlin)

  1. deadline, span of time
  2. fate, destiny

Swahili

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَجَل (ʔajal).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ajali (n class, plural ajali)

  1. accident (befalling, mishap, casualty)
    ajali ya magari ― car accident
  2. fate, destiny

References

  1. ^ 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 11 Nr. 21
  • Knappert, Jan (1970) “Swahili Religious Terms”, in Journal of Religion in Africa‎, volume 3, number 1, →DOI, page 68 of 67-80: “This word is mostly translated by 'fate, accident'.”

Ternate

Etymology

From Arabic أَجَل (ʔajal).

Pronunciation

Noun

ajali

  1. the limit of one's life, one's allotted lifespan

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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