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Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُزَاح (muzāḥ).
Pronunciation
Noun
mzaha class III (plural mizaha class IV)
- joke (something said or done for amusement)
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 277 Nr. 2627
- ^ Zawawi, Sharifa M. (1979) Loan words and their effect on the classification of Swahili nominals, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 45