"fidia" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-fidia.flac [Kenya] Forms: fidia [class-x, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فِدْيَة (fidya). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|ar:فِدْيَة<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 228 Nr. 2097</span></span>>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "فِدْيَة", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "fidia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="fidia"> Borrowed from Arabic فِدْيَة (fidya). Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} fidia class IX (plural fidia class X)
  1. ransom (money paid for the freeing of a hostage) Tags: class-ix
    Sense id: en-fidia-sw-noun-xc9VrKez Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Swahili entries referencing missing etymons, Swahili entries with etymology texts, Swahili entries with etymon, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Money Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 92 8 Disambiguation of Swahili entries referencing missing etymons: 92 8 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymology texts: 91 9 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymon: 90 10 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Money: 100 0
  2. compensation Tags: class-ix
    Sense id: en-fidia-sw-noun-tm7KtXhh Categories (other): Swahili terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -fidi (english: to pay ransom; to compensate)
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