shabashi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian شاباش (šâbâš)

Interjection

shabashi

1. excellent!, wonderful!

References

• Almasi, Oswald, Fallon, Michael David, Nazish, Pardhan Wared (2014) Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels, Lanham • New York • Oxford: University Press of America, →ISBN, page 373: “Shabashi! or Hongera! – Expresses congratulations, exactly as the English expression “Congratulations!””