tofauti

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَفاوُت (tafāwut).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

tofauti class IX (plural tofauti class X)

  1. difference

Derived terms

Adjective

tofauti (invariable)

  1. different

Derived terms

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 239 Nr. 2209