mabinti

How to say it

Meaning

Daughters, or, in modern usage, young women or girls generally.

Good to know

Plural of binti (class 9/6 person noun; commonly kept invariant as binti, but mabinti is a widely used colloquial plural, especially meaning 'young women'). Takes human/wa- agreement.

Examples

• Mabinti wa leo wanajiamini zaidi kuliko zamani.Today's young women are more confident than before.
• Je, mabinti hawa wote ni wa familia moja?Are all these daughters from one family?
• Mabinti hao hawakupenda mavazi yale.Those young women did not like those clothes.
• Chuo kitawapa mabinti wapya udhamini wa masomo.The college will give the new young women scholarships.