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Swahili in Arabic

السَّوَاحِلِيَّة as-sawāḥiliyya

/swəˈhiːli/US/swɑˈhili/

Swahili in Arabic: السَّوَاحِلِيَّة (as-sawāḥiliyya). In English, Swahili means an agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

Arabic words for Swahili

language
السَّوَاحِلِيَّة as-sawāḥiliyya

English meaning of Swahili

  1. proper noun An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.
  2. noun A member of various ethnic groups — mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab and Comorian — inhabiting the Swahili coast.

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Questions about Swahili in Arabic

What is the meaning of Swahili in Arabic?
Swahili in Arabic is السَّوَاحِلِيَّة (as-sawāḥiliyya).
ما معنى كلمة Swahili؟
Swahili: السَّوَاحِلِيَّة (as-sawāḥiliyya).
What does Swahili mean in English?
Swahili means an agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Swahili (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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