"dawa" meaning in Swahili

See dawa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-dawa.flac [Kenya] Forms: dawa [canonical], dawa [plural], madawa [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|دَوَاء}} Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ), {{root|sw|ar|د و ي}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} dawa, {{sw-noun|n}} dawa (n class, plural dawa), {{head|sw|noun|head=}} dawa, {{sw-noun|ma}} dawa (ma class, plural madawa)
  1. medicine Wikipedia link: sw:dawa Tags: class-10, class-5, class-6, class-9 Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: dawa ya mapenzi (english: love potion), dawa ya meno (english: toothpaste), dawa ya mswaki (english: toothpaste), dawa ya viatu (english: shoe polish), dawa ya wadudu (english: insecticide)
    Sense id: en-dawa-sw-noun-qCzocPmZ Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dawa meaning in Swahili (1.9kB)

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