fedha
noun
money.
Fedha means money in Swahili. It can also mean silver, the metal.
Also silver, the metal.
Use this sense for the metal.
Origins
Fedha comes from Arabic فِضَّة (fiḍḍa, “silver”). In Swahili, it can mean silver or money.
Sources4
Sergio Baldi, Swahili: A Donor Language (2011), p. 5.
Fedha comes from an Arabic word meaning “silver”. In Swahili, it can mean silver or money.
- World Loanword Database CLDF (Max Planck Institute / Lexibank, 2009)
Records fedha with the meanings silver and money.
- University of Kansas Kiswahili Glossary (University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center)
Lists fedha as a noun meaning money.
Kais Dukes, Quranic Arabic Corpus: dictionary (University of Leeds), Noun forms.
Attests Arabic فِضَّة, silver; supports the donor spelling, not the Swahili borrowing route.
Examples
Nina fedha.
I have money.
Una fedha?
Do you have money?
Sina fedha.
I do not have money.
Tunahitaji fedha.
We need money.
Nimetuma fedha.
I have sent money.
Nimepata fedha.
I have received money.
Ninaweka fedha hapa.
I am putting money here.
Pete hii ni ya fedha.
This ring is made of silver.
Mkufu huu ni wa fedha.
This necklace is made of silver.
