"bikira" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-bikira.flac [Kenya] Forms: mabikira [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic بِكْر (bikr, “virgin”). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|بِكْر||virgin}} Arabic بِكْر (bikr, “virgin”), {{root|sw|ar|ب ك ر}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} bikira, {{sw-noun|ma}} bikira (ma class, plural mabikira)
  1. virgin (person who has never had sexual intercourse) Wikipedia link: sw:bikira Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-bikira-sw-noun-GUk4ETrc Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bikira meaning in Swahili (1.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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