"hababi" meaning in Swahili

See hababi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-hababi.flac Forms: hababi class IX [canonical], hababi class X [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَبِيب (ḥabīb). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|حَبِيب}} Borrowed from Arabic حَبِيب (ḥabīb), {{root|sw|ar|ح ب ب}} Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} hababi class IX (plural hababi class X)
  1. beloved
    Sense id: en-hababi-sw-noun-OzTJIsPz Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Love Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Love: 84 16
  2. master
    Sense id: en-hababi-sw-noun-~GE7Tf1n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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    }
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          "_dis": "91 9",
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    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ح ب ب",
    "sw:Love",
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        "master"
      ],
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