SWAHILI


Meaning of SWAHILI in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ swä-ˈhē-lē ]

noun

( plural Swahili or Swahilis )

Etymology: Arabic sawāḥil, plural of sāḥil coast

Date: 1814

1. : a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Zanzibar and the adjacent coast

2. : a Bantu language that is a trade and governmental language over much of East Africa and in the Congo region

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.