Swati

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Alternative forms

• Swazi
• Sarawat

Noun

Swati (plural Swati)

1. A person from Swaziland or of Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.
2. A Pashtun tribe (clan of Eousafzai or Yousafzai) of northern Pakistan, originally migrating from the Sarawat Mountains, now residing around the Swat Valley.
   • 1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Hazara

     The chief frontier tribes on the border are the cis-Indus Swatis, Hassanzais, Akazais, Chagarzais, Pariari Syads, Madda Khels, Amazais and Umarzais.

Translations

a person from Swaziland

• French: Swazi (fr)
• German: Swasi (de) m and f
• Irish: Suasach (ga) m, Suasalannach (ga) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: swazilender (nb) m, swazilending (nb) m

  Nynorsk: swazilendar (nn) m, swazilending (nn) m

• Spanish: suazi (es), suazilandés (es)
• Swahili: Mswazi (sw)
• Turkish: Svazilandlı (tr)

a Pakistani Pashtun tribe

• Swahili: Waswati (sw)

Proper noun

Swati

1. a Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland

Translations

Swati language

• Afrikaans: swazi (af)
• Breton: swatieg (br)
• Bulgarian: свази (bg) (svázi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯威士語 (cmn), 斯威士语 (cmn) (Sīwēishìyǔ)

• Dutch: Swazi (nl)
• Esperanto: svazia lingvo (eo)
• Finnish: swazin kieli (fi)
• French: swati (fr) m
• German: Siswati (de) n
• Indonesian: bahasa (id) Swati (id)
• Irish: Suaisis (ga) f
• Italian: swati (it)
• Japanese: スワジ語 (ja) (Suwaji-go)
• Korean: 스와티어 (ko) (Seuwati-eo)
• Ligurian: siSwati

• Macedonian: свати (mk) (svati)
• Nahuatl: suatitlahtōlli (nah)
• Navajo: Swáazi Dineʼé bizaad
• Norwegian: swati (no)

  Bokmål: swati (nb) m, swazi (nb) m

  Nynorsk: swati (nn) m, swazi (nn) m

• Polish: suazi (pl)
• Portuguese: suázi (pt)
• Russian: свати (ru) (sváti) m (indeclinable), свази (ru) (svázi) m (indeclinable), сисвати (ru) (sisváti) m (indeclinable)
• Spanish: idioma (es) suazi (es)
• Swahili: Kiswazi (sw)
• Swati: siSwati (ss)
• Swedish: siSwati (sv)
• Zulu: isiSwazi (zu)

Noun

Swati (plural Swatis)

1. A person of the Swati tribe.
   • 1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Mohmand

     The fortified posts at Chakdara and Malakand, in the Swat valley, [...] were for several days fiercely assailed by the usually peaceful Swatis under the leadership of the Mad Mullah.

Translations

a person of the Swati tribe

• Irish: Suasach (ga) m, Suasalannach (ga) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: swazi (nb) m

  Nynorsk: swazi (nn) m

• Swahili: Mswati (sw)

External links

• Swati–English Dictionary from Webster’s Online Dictionary
• ISO 639-1 code ss, ISO 639-3 code ssw
• Ethnologue entry for Swati, ss

Adjective

Swati (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Swaziland, the Swati people or the Swati language.
2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Swati tribe.

Translations

pertaining to Swaziland

• French: swazi (fr)
• German: swasiländisch (de)
• Irish: Suasach (ga), Suasalannach (ga)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: swazilandsk (nb)

  Nynorsk: swazilandsk (nn)

• Spanish: suazilandés (es)
• Swahili: Kiswazi (sw)

pertaining to the Swati tribe

• Irish: Suasach (ga), Suasalannach (ga)

• Swahili: Kiswati (sw)

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