ratili
Swahili
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Borrowed from Arabic رَطْل (raṭl).[1]
Pronunciation
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editratili class IX (plural ratili class X)
- A pound (unit of weight)
- Synonym: paundi
- (obsolete) A rottol, an old measure of weight, tied to the weight of a silver coin and equal to 16 wakia.
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edit- ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123 Nr. 1092
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