"swala" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-swala.flac [Kenya] Forms: swala [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh). Etymology templates: {{borrowed|sw|ar|صَلَاة}} Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh), {{root|sw|ar|ص ل و}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} swala, {{sw-noun|n}} swala (n class, plural swala)
  1. prayer (practice of communicating with one's God) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms: ombi, sala Derived forms: mswala Related terms: dua, ombi
    Sense id: en-swala-sw-noun-sw:prayer Disambiguation of Religion: 100 0 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-swala.flac [Kenya] Forms: swala [plural]
Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} swala, {{sw-noun|n}} swala (n class, plural swala)
  1. gazelle Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (lifeform): Antelopes
    Sense id: en-swala-sw-noun-fKzbWDBb Disambiguation of Antelopes: 37 63 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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