Swati

See also: swati

English

Etymology 1

From Swazi liSwati.

Noun

Swati (plural Swatis or Swati)

1. Alternative spelling of Swazi

Etymology 2

From Urdu سواتی (svātī).

Noun

Swati (plural Swatis)

1. A tribe in northern Pakistan cis-Indus region of Hazara, originally migrating from the Swat their ancestral homeland.
   • 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.

2. A person of that tribe.

Adjective

Swati (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Swati tribe.

See also

• Swat

 

Anagrams

• waist, Waits, waits, Wasit