itikadi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِقَاد (iʕtiqād).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

itikadi class IX (plural itikadi class X)

  1. belief or faith in a tradition
  2. ideology

See also

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 212 Nr. 1902