fidia
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See also: Fidia
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic فِدْيَة (fidya).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
fidia (n class, plural fidia)
- ransom (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
- compensation
Related terms[edit]
- -fidi (“to pay ransom; to compensate”)
References[edit]
- ^ 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 228 Nr. 2097