"doti" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-doti.flac [Kenya] Forms: doti [class-x, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati and Kachchi ધોતી (dhotī), Hindi धोती (dhotī). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|gu,kfr|ધોતી}} Borrowed from Gujarati and Kachchi ધોતી (dhotī), {{bor|sw|hi|धोती}} Hindi धोती (dhotī) Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} doti class IX (plural doti class X)
  1. a measure of cloth, about four yards in length Tags: class-ix
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      "ધોતી#Gujarati"
    ],
    [
      "ધોતી",
      "ધોતી#Kachchi"
    ],
    [
      "धोती",
      "धोती#Hindi"
    ]
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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      },
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  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "doti",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
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      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Units of measure",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "a measure of cloth, about four yards in length"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "yard",
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    ],
    [
      "ધોતી",
      "ધોતી#Kachchi"
    ],
    [
      "धोती",
      "धोती#Hindi"
    ]
  ],
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      },
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    },
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  ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "doti class IX (plural doti class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili class IX nouns",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms borrowed from Gujarati",
        "Swahili terms borrowed from Hindi",
        "Swahili terms borrowed from Kachchi",
        "Swahili terms derived from Gujarati",
        "Swahili terms derived from Hindi",
        "Swahili terms derived from Kachchi",
        "sw:Units of measure"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a measure of cloth, about four yards in length"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cloth",
          "cloth"
        ],
        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ]
      ],
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        "class-ix"
      ]
    }
  ],
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