"wallahi" meaning in Swahili

See wallahi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wa-llāh, literally “by God”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|وَٱللّٰه|lit=by God|tr=wa-llāh}} Borrowed from Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wa-llāh, literally “by God”), {{root|sw|ar|ء ل ه}} Head templates: {{head|sw|interjection}} wallahi
  1. by God!
    Sense id: en-wallahi-sw-intj-hyQYAVA5 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. really?, really!
    Sense id: en-wallahi-sw-intj-EOQTDMvO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: walai

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 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). 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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