"mizani" meaning in Swahili

See mizani in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mizani.flac
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|مِيزَان}} Borrowed from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān), {{root|sw|ar|و ز ن}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} mizani, {{sw-noun|n|plural}} mizani (n class, plural only)
  1. scales, balance (device for weighing goods) Tags: class-10, class-9, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-mizani-sw-noun-9x1nbizd
  2. (poetry) poetic meter Tags: class-10, class-9, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Poetry
    Sense id: en-mizani-sw-noun-MMguM2UG Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili pluralia tantum Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Swahili pluralia tantum: 38 62 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

Inflected forms

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