hababi

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Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic حَبِيب (ḥabīb).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun[edit]

hababi (n class, plural hababi)

  1. beloved
  2. master

References[edit]

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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 68 Nr. 579