"asante" meaning in Swahili

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Interjection

Audio: Sw-ke-asante.flac Forms: asante! [canonical], asanteni [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Omani Arabic احسنت (aḥsant, “thank you”), from Arabic أَحْسَنْتَ (ʔaḥsanta, “well done”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|acx|احسنت||thank you|tr=aḥsant}} Borrowed from Omani Arabic احسنت (aḥsant, “thank you”), {{der|sw|ar|أَحْسَنْتَ||well done}} Arabic أَحْسَنْتَ (ʔaḥsanta, “well done”), {{root|sw|ar|ح س ن}} Head templates: {{head|sw|interjection|plural|asanteni|head=asante!}} asante! (plural asanteni)
  1. Thank you! Related terms: shukrani
    Sense id: en-asante-sw-intj-Ov3aLAmP Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 27 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 23 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ahsante, asanti

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-asante.flac Forms: asante [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Omani Arabic احسنت (aḥsant, “thank you”), from Arabic أَحْسَنْتَ (ʔaḥsanta, “well done”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|acx|احسنت||thank you|tr=aḥsant}} Borrowed from Omani Arabic احسنت (aḥsant, “thank you”), {{der|sw|ar|أَحْسَنْتَ||well done}} Arabic أَحْسَنْتَ (ʔaḥsanta, “well done”), {{root|sw|ar|ح س ن}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} asante, {{sw-noun|n}} asante (n class, plural asante)
  1. thanks, gratitude Tags: class-10, class-9
    Sense id: en-asante-sw-noun-1IeWo6za Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili phrasebook Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 27 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 23 23 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Swahili phrasebook: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ahsante, asanti

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "shukrani"
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        "Thank you!"
      ],
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    {
      "word": "ahsante"
    },
    {
      "word": "asanti"
    }
  ],
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}

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