shemali

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Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic شِمَالْ (šimāl).

Noun

shemali (n class, plural shemali)

  1. (literary) left hand
    Synonym: mkono wa kushoto
    Antonyms: yamini, mkono wa kulia
  2. (literary) left side
    Synonym: kushoto
  3. (literary) north
    Synonym: kaskazini