yasini
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].
Noun
yasini (n class, no plural)
- Ya-Sin (36th chapter of the Qur'an)
References
- Baldi, Sergio (2020-11-30) 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 312 No. 3011