"waziri" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-waziri.flac [Kenya] Forms: mawaziri [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “vizier, minister”). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|وَزِير||vizier, minister}} Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “vizier, minister”), {{root|sw|ar|و ز ر}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} waziri, {{sw-noun|ma}} waziri (ma class, plural mawaziri)
  1. minister (person who is commissioned by the government for public service) Tags: class-5, class-6 Categories (topical): Government, Occupations Derived forms: waziri mkuu (english: prime minister), uwaziri Related terms: wizara (english: ministry)

Inflected 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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