zinaa
zee-NAH-ah
How to say it
Swahilizinaazee-NAH-ah
Englishsexual immorality, adultery
Frenchfornication, adultère
Meaning
Sexual relations outside marriage, seen as a sin; in magonjwa ya zinaa, the diseases passed on through sex.
Good to know
No plural. From Arabic, used in religious talk and in health: magonjwa ya zinaa, sexually transmitted diseases. A person who does it is mzinzi; uzinzi is close in meaning.
Examples
- Kliniki hutoa ushauri kuhusu magonjwa ya zinaa bure.The clinic gives free advice about sexually transmitted diseases.
- Dini nyingi zinakataza zinaa.Many religions forbid adultery.
- Mhubiri alionya vijana dhidi ya zinaa.The preacher warned young people against sexual immorality.
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