"aali" meaning in Swahili

See aali in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-aali.flac Forms: -aali [canonical]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|أَعْلَى}} Borrowed from Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā), {{root|sw|ar|ع ل ي}} Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective|declinable|cat2=|head=-aali}} -aali (declinable), {{sw-adj}} -aali (declinable)
  1. good, superior (of things) Tags: declinable
    Sense id: en-aali-sw-adj-RqH9jmBD Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header
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