insha

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْشَاء (ʔinšāʔ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

insha class IX (plural insha class X)

  1. essay or composition (work of music, literature, or art)

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 289 Nr. 2731