jangili

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Kikuyu jangiri, from Hindi जंगली (jaṅglī, wild).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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jangili (ma class, plural majangili)

  1. a poacher (a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally)
  2. a gangster or hardened criminal

Derived terms

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References

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  • Philip Ochieng (2012) “‘Jangili’ is a word borrowed from India”, in Daily Nation[1], archived from the original on 30 July 2019