"zuri" meaning in Swahili

See zuri in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-zuri.flac [Kenya]
Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective|declinable|cat2=|head=-zuri}} -zuri (declinable), {{sw-adj}} -zuri (declinable) Inflection templates: {{sw-decl}} Forms: -zuri [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], mzuri [error-unrecognized-form, singular], wazuri [error-unrecognized-form, plural], mizuri [error-unrecognized-form, plural], zuri [error-unrecognized-form, singular], mazuri [error-unrecognized-form, plural], kizuri [error-unrecognized-form, singular], vizuri [error-unrecognized-form, plural], nzuri [error-unrecognized-form, singular], nzuri [error-unrecognized-form, plural], pazuri [error-unrecognized-form, singular], kuzuri [error-unrecognized-form, singular], muzuri [error-unrecognized-form, singular]
  1. good, kind Tags: declinable
    Sense id: en-zuri-sw-adj-PZtkBLuv
  2. nice Tags: declinable
    Sense id: en-zuri-sw-adj-4YYCLQkx
  3. pretty, beautiful Tags: declinable
    Sense id: en-zuri-sw-adj-7eiI14f0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: uzuri Related terms: -ema (english: good)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-zuri.flac [Kenya] Forms: zuri [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic زُور (zūr). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|زُور|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic زُور (zūr), {{bor+|sw|ar|زُور}} Borrowed from Arabic زُور (zūr) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} zuri, {{sw-noun|n}} zuri (n class, plural zuri)
  1. (rare) perjury, false testimony Tags: class-10, class-9, rare
    Sense id: en-zuri-sw-noun-lzpF3I8H Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 1 27 8 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for zuri meaning in Swahili (4.1kB)

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