mizani

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Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /míː.záː.nìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [míː.záː.nìː]

Noun[edit]

mīzānī̀ m (possessed form mīzānìn)

  1. scales, balance

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

mizani (n class, plural only)

  1. scales, balance (device for weighing goods)
  2. (poetry) poetic meter
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