shilingi

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili shilingi, from English shilling.

Noun

shilingi (plural shilingi)

A unit of currency in East Africa, currently only in use by Tanzania, and divided into 100 senti.

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

shilingi

Wikipedia ^sw

Alternative forms

Sh

Etymology

Borrowed from English shilling.^[1]

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

shilingi (n class, plural shilingi)

shilingi (currency formerly used across East Africa, now only in Tanzania)
shilling (former British unit of currency)
(by extension, chiefly Tanzania) money
Synonym: pesa
(Kenya) scalp ringworm
Synonym: (Tanzania) punye

References

^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 55: “English terms for currencies, though appearing late in East African trading circles, now dominate in Swahili. These include pauni (pound) and shilingi (shilling, in the colonial currency), peni (coin), and more recently still dola (dollar).”

[1] Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 55: “English terms for currencies, though appearing late in East African trading circles, now dominate in Swahili. These include pauni (pound) and shilingi (shilling, in the colonial currency), peni (coin), and more recently still dola (dollar).”

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