dhalimu

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَالِم (ẓālim).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

dhalimu class V (plural madhalimu class VI)

  1. unjust person, tyrant

Adjective

dhalimu (invariable)

  1. violent, cruel, unjust

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 196 Nr. 1759
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