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daktari

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti
Proto-Italic *dokejō
Proto-Italic *dokeō
Latin doceō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin doctorbor.
Old French doctur
Anglo-Norman doctourder.
Middle English doctour
English doctorbor.
Swahili daktari

    Borrowed from English doctor.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    daktari class I (plural madaktari class II)

    1. medical doctor

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    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ Gower, R. H. (April 1952), “Swahili Borrowings from English”, in Africa‎[1], volume 22, number 2, →DOI, page 155 of 154-157
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