"bedui" meaning in Swahili

See bedui in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-bedui.flac [Kenya] Forms: mabedui [class-vi, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بَدْو (badw). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|ar:بَدْو<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 25 Nr. 181</span></span>>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "بَدْو", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "bedui", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="bedui"> Borrowed from Arabic بَدْو (badw). Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} bedui class V (plural mabedui class VI)
  1. bedouin Tags: class-v

Inflected forms

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