"habari" meaning in Swahili

See habari in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hɑˈɓɑ.ɾi/ (note: Unguja standard), /xɑˈɓɑ.ɾi/ (note: unadapted from Arabic) Audio: Sw-ke-habari.flac Forms: habari class IX [canonical], habari class X [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|خَبَر}} Borrowed from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar), {{root|sw|ar|خ ب ر}} Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} habari class IX (plural habari class X)
  1. news Derived forms: habari feki (english: fake news), habari gani?, habari ya asubuhi? (english: good morning), habari ya jioni? (english: good evening), habari yako?, -habarisha

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "خَبَر"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "خ ب ر"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "habari class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habari class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "habari class IX (plural habari class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "fake news",
          "translation": "fake news",
          "word": "habari feki"
        },
        {
          "word": "habari gani?"
        },
        {
          "english": "good morning",
          "translation": "good morning",
          "word": "habari ya asubuhi?"
        },
        {
          "english": "good evening",
          "translation": "good evening",
          "word": "habari ya jioni?"
        },
        {
          "word": "habari yako?"
        },
        {
          "word": "-habarisha"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "news"
      ],
      "id": "en-habari-sw-noun-Gfug6ZW5",
      "links": [
        [
          "news",
          "news"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑˈɓɑ.ɾi/",
      "note": "Unguja standard"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑˈɓɑ.ɾi/",
      "note": "unadapted from Arabic"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-habari.flac",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "habari"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "fake news",
      "translation": "fake news",
      "word": "habari feki"
    },
    {
      "word": "habari gani?"
    },
    {
      "english": "good morning",
      "translation": "good morning",
      "word": "habari ya asubuhi?"
    },
    {
      "english": "good evening",
      "translation": "good evening",
      "word": "habari ya jioni?"
    },
    {
      "word": "habari yako?"
    },
    {
      "word": "-habarisha"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "خَبَر"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "خ ب ر"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "habari class IX",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habari class X",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "habari class IX (plural habari class X)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili class IX nouns",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic",
        "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
        "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root خ ب ر",
        "Swahili terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "news"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "news",
          "news"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑˈɓɑ.ɾi/",
      "note": "Unguja standard"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑˈɓɑ.ɾi/",
      "note": "unadapted from Arabic"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-habari.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/Sw-ke-habari.flac/Sw-ke-habari.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/Sw-ke-habari.flac/Sw-ke-habari.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "habari"
}

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