fahali

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَحْل (faḥl).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

fahali class V (plural mafahali class VI)

  1. bull (uncastrated adult male bovine)
  2. (by extension) a brave, strong man

References

  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, page 228 Nr. 2094
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