balozi
See also: baloži
Swahili
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Etymology
editBorrowed from Omani Arabic بالوز (bālōz), from Arabic باليوز (balyōz), from Ottoman Turkish بالیوز (balyoz), بالیوس (balyos, “title of the Venetian ambassador to the Sublime Porte; title of any European envoy”), from Venetian bailo (“title of a Venetian ambassador”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbalozi (ma class, plural mabalozi)
Derived terms
edit- ubalozi (“embassy”)
Noun
editbalozi
References
edit- ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[1], volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Ambassador’, Sw balozi. From OAr bālōz ‘consul’ (R: 76), ultimately from Venetian bailo (by way of Turkish).”
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