Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic شِمَالْ (šimāl).
Pronunciation[edit]
shemali (n class, plural shemali)
- (literary) left hand
- Synonym: mkono wa kushoto
- Antonyms: yamini, mkono wa kulia
- (literary) left side
- Synonym: kushoto
- (literary) north
- Synonym: kaskazini
