ajali
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hausa ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic أَجَل (ʔajal).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʔá.(d)ʒà.líː/
(Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔá.d͡ʒə̀.líː]
=== Noun ===
ajàlī m (possessed form ajàlin)
deadline, span of time
fate, destiny
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic أَجَل (ʔajal).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
ajali class IX (plural ajali class X)
accident (befalling, mishap, casualty)
ajali ya magari ― car accident
fate, destiny
=== References ===
Knappert, Jan (1970), “Swahili Religious Terms”, in Journal of Religion in Africa[1], volume 3, number 1, →DOI, page 68 of 67-80: “This word is mostly translated by 'fate, accident'.”
== Ternate ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic أَجَل (ʔajal).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [a.ˈd͡ʒa.li]
=== Noun ===
ajali
the limit of one's life, one's allotted lifespan
=== References ===
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh