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Riba

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Riba definition 1

Riba/faida ya mkopo (Interest/loan profit)

"Riba ya benki ni ya kiwango cha chini (Bank interest is low rate)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Riba 🇸🇩 Sudan

Riba (Interest/usury)

"Al riba haraam (Interest is forbidden)"

Intérêt (Interest)

"Baba kafanya kazi shambani - Father worked on the farm"

🇹🇿 About Tanzania Slang

Tanzanian slang is rooted in Swahili, the national language, with vibrant Bongo Flava music culture adding fresh terms to everyday speech in Dar es Salaam.

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🌍 "Riba" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Riba 🇸🇩 Sudan

Riba (Interest/usury)
Riba

Intérêt (Interest)

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