gaidi

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Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic كَيْد (kayd, “ruse, artifice; slyness; deception”).[1]

Noun[edit]

gaidi (ma class, plural magaidi)

  1. terrorist, criminal, bandit, robber
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English guide.

Noun[edit]

gaidi (ma class, plural magaidi)

  1. guide

References[edit]

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 267 Nr. 2501
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