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gaidi

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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