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Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُشَاهَرَة (mušāhara, “monthly salary”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mshahara class III (plural mishahara class IV)
- salary, wage (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) 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 171 Nr. 1528
- ^ Zawawi, Sharifa M. (1979) Loan words and their effect on the classification of Swahili nominals, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 45