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Chemical element (edit)
AgAtomic number 47fedha
Classification data Period 5 Group 11 Block d-block Class transition metal
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Borrowed from Arabic فِضَّة (fiḍḍa).[1]

fedha class IX (plural **fedha class X)

  1. silver (chemical element)
  2. money
    Synonyms: pesa, (Tanzania) hela
  3. finance
  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 233-234 Nr. 2154