"dalali" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-dalali.flac Forms: dalali class V [canonical], madalali class VI [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|دَلَّال}} Borrowed from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl), {{root|sw|ar|د ل ل}} Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} dalali class V (plural madalali class VI)
  1. broker (a mediator between a buyer and seller)
    Sense id: en-dalali-sw-noun-dCfAdAgx Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Business Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Business: 100 0
  2. auctioneer (one who conducts an auction)
    Sense id: en-dalali-sw-noun-9Q7V-yyU Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of People: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: udalali

Inflected forms

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    "Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root د ل ل",
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    },
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