baadhi

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic بَعْض (baʕḍ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ˈɓɑː.ði/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): [ˈɓaːɗi], [ˈɓaːzi]
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

baadhi class IX (plural baadhi class X)

  1. part, portion, some
    baadhi ya watu ― some of the people
    baadhi yetu ― some of us
    • 2020, “Wataalam Wasisitiza Utumiaji Wa Vyakula Vya Asili”, in Kenya News‎[1]:
      […] vyakula vinavyoletwa kutoka nje baadhi huwa na madhara kwa afya […]
      […] of the foods that are brought from outside, some may harm people's healths […]

References

  1. ^ 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 35 Nr. 268
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