"asante" meaning in Swahili

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Interjection

Audio: Sw-ke-asante.flac [Kenya] Forms: asante! [canonical], asanteni [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Omani Arabic احسنت (aḥsant, “thank you”), from Arabic أَحْسَنْتَ (ʔaḥsanta, “well done”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|acx|احسنت||thank you|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=aḥsant|ts=}} Omani Arabic احسنت (aḥsant, “thank you”), {{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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ahsante, asanti

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-asante.flac [Kenya] Forms: asante [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Omani Arabic احسنت (aḥsant, “thank you”), from Arabic أَحْسَنْتَ (ʔaḥsanta, “well done”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|acx|احسنت||thank you|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=aḥsant|ts=}} Omani Arabic احسنت (aḥsant, “thank you”), {{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): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili entries with language name categories using raw markup, Swahili phrasebook Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of Swahili phrasebook: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ahsante, asanti

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for asante meaning in Swahili (4.4kB)

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