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Etymology
From Arabic جَنَابَة (janāba).
Pronunciation
Noun
jànabā̀ f (possessed form jànabàr̃)
- (Islam) ritual impurity
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَنَابَة (janāba).[1]
Noun
janaba class IX (plural janaba class X)
- (Islam) ritual impurity (impurity after intercourse or discharge of semen)
References
- ^ 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 63 Nr. 528