"fajaa" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-fajaa.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَجْأَةً (fajʔatan). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|ar:فَجْأَةً<ref:<span class="cited-source">Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), <cite>Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa</cite> (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; <span class="None" lang="und">145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, <small>→ISBN</small>, page 227 Nr. 2088</span></span>>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "فَجْأَةً", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "fajaa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="fajaa"> Borrowed from Arabic فَجْأَةً (fajʔatan). Head templates: {{head|sw|adverb}} fajaa
  1. suddenly, quickly
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-fajaa.flac [Kenya] Forms: fajaa [class-x, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَجْأَة (fajʔa). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|ar:فَجْأَة|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "فَجْأَة", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "fajaa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="fajaa"> Borrowed from Arabic فَجْأَة (fajʔa). Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} fajaa class IX (plural fajaa class X)
  1. a sudden death (an instantaneous, unexpected death) Tags: class-ix
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Etymology number: 1
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