"kistari" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Forms: vistari [plural]
Etymology: From ki- + mstari. Etymology templates: {{af|sw|ki-|mstari}} ki- + mstari Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kistari, {{sw-noun|vi}} kistari (ki-vi class, plural vistari)
  1. dash (typographic symbol) Wikipedia link: sw:kistari Tags: class-7, class-8 Categories (topical): Punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-kistari-sw-noun-cyYHX1OR Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili terms prefixed with ki- Related terms: ritifaa, apostrofi (alt: '; ’), mabano ya mraba (alt: { }), mabano ya maua (alt: [ ]), nukta mbili, nukta pacha, koloni (alt: :), alama ya mkato, koma (alt: ,), kistariungio (alt: ‒; –; —; ―), alama ya mshangao (alt: !), alama ya mkwaju (alt: ), kistariungio (alt: -; ‐), mabano, parandesi, braketi (alt: ( )), nukta (alt: .), alama ya swali (alt: ?), alama ya kunukuu (alt: ‘ ’ ‚; „), nukta mkato (alt: ;), alama ya mkwaju (alt: /)

Inflected forms

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

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        {
          "alt": "'; ’",
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          "alt": "{ }",
          "word": "mabano ya mraba"
        },
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          "alt": "[ ]",
          "word": "mabano ya maua"
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          "word": "nukta mbili"
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          "word": "nukta pacha"
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          "alt": ":",
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          "alt": ",",
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          "word": "kistariungio"
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          "word": "nukta"
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      "word": "koloni"
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      "word": "kistariungio"
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      "word": "nukta"
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      "alt": "‘ ’ ‚; „",
      "word": "alama ya kunukuu"
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      "word": "nukta mkato"
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