karantini
kah-rah-NTEE-nee
How to say it
Swahilikarantinikah-rah-NTEE-neesoon
Englishquarantinesoon
Frenchquarantainesoon
Meaning
A period in which people or animals who may carry a disease are kept apart from others so that it does not spread.
Good to know
No plural. Kuwekwa karantini is to be put in quarantine; kuwa karantini, to be in quarantine. The word spread widely during the corona epidemic.
Examples
- Wasafiri wote waliwekwa karantini kwa siku kumi na nne.All the travelers were put in quarantine for fourteen days.
- Yuko karantini nyumbani baada ya kukutana na mgonjwa.He is in quarantine at home after meeting a patient.
- Serikali iliweka jiji zima katika karantini.The government put the whole city under quarantine.
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