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labda: Arabic → Swahili · Lexodus

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labda

Borrowed from Omani Arabic لابد (lābid, “perhaps”), from Arabic لَا بُدَّ (lā budda, “it is absolutely necessary”). Given the frequent use of this phrase, the meaning was gradually weakened; compare Persian لابد (lâbod, “probably”).

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1800

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.