Swahili
mabusati
mah-boo-SAH-tee
How to say it
Swahilimabusatimah-boo-SAH-teesoon
Englishprayer matssoon
Frenchnattes de prièresoon
Meaning
Woven mats used especially for prayer in mosques.
Good to know
Plural of busati (ji-/ma class, class 5/6, from Arabic bisat).
Examples
- Waumini walitandika mabusati msikitini kabla ya sala.The worshippers laid out prayer mats in the mosque before prayer.
- Je, mabusati haya yanafuliwa mara ngapi kwa mwezi?How many times a month are these prayer mats washed?
- Mabusati hayo hayakutosha kwa waumini wote Ijumaa.Those prayer mats were not enough for all the worshippers on Friday.
- Msikiti utanunua mabusati mapya kabla ya Ramadhani.The mosque will buy new prayer mats before Ramadan.
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