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shauri

shauri noun: a consultation, usually between a bwana and a local African.

Noun

shauri (plural shauris)

  1. (Africa, dated) A consultation, usually between a bwana and a local African.
    • Strangers were few before they saw us, and we had shauri after shauri with them.1876, Henry Morton Stanley, Through the Dark Continent, volume 2, page 78
    • The poor guide had been sitting through the shauri open-eyed and open-mouthed, intensely puzzled by the whole performance.1896, John Walter Gregory, The Great Rift Valley, page 129
  2. (Kenya) One's problem; concern.
    • Whether these people will be taken on or not is not my shauri.Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) (volume 5, page 431)

Forms of shauri

pluralshauris

Origin of shauri

From Swahili shauri, borrowed from Arabic شَوْر (šawr, “advice, counsel”).

Questions about shauri

What does shauri mean?
Shauri means a consultation, usually between a bwana and a local African.
What part of speech is shauri?
Shauri is a noun.
What is the plural of shauri?
The plural of shauri is shauris.

Words near shauri in the dictionary

  1. Shauls
  2. Shaun
  3. Shauna
  4. Shauniqua
  5. Shauraseni Prakrit
  6. shauri
  7. shauris
  8. shaurma
  9. shaurmas
  10. Shaurya
  11. shav

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