"fahali" meaning in All languages combined

See fahali on Wiktionary

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-fahali.flac [Kenya] Forms: mafahali [class-vi, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَحْل (faḥl). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|ar:فَحْل<ref:<span class="cited-source">Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), <cite>Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa</cite> (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; <span class="None" lang="und">145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, <small>→ISBN</small>, page 228 Nr. 2094</span></span>>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "فَحْل", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "fahali", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="fahali"> Borrowed from Arabic فَحْل (faḥl). Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} fahali class V (plural mafahali class VI)
  1. bull (uncastrated adult male bovine) Tags: class-v
    Sense id: en-fahali-sw-noun-tlo0yD95 Categories (other): Male animals Disambiguation of Male animals: 74 26
  2. (by extension) a brave, strong man Tags: broadly, class-v
    Sense id: en-fahali-sw-noun-ufJxcBgE Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Swahili entries referencing missing etymons, Swahili entries with etymology texts, Swahili entries with etymon, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Bovines Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 96 Disambiguation of Swahili entries referencing missing etymons: 5 95 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymology texts: 5 95 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymon: 4 96 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Bovines: 21 79

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