"zuri" meaning in Swahili

See zuri in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-zuri.flac
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar}} Borrowed from Arabic [Term?] 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 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 2 48 42 7
  3. pretty, beautiful Tags: declinable
    Sense id: en-zuri-sw-adj-7eiI14f0 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 2 48 42 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: uzuri Related terms: -ema (english: good)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-zuri.flac Forms: zuri class IX [canonical], zuri class X [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic زُور (zūr). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|زُور}} Borrowed from Arabic زُور (zūr) Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} zuri class IX (plural zuri class X)
  1. (rare) perjury, false testimony Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-zuri-sw-noun-lzpF3I8H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for zuri meaning in Swahili (4.0kB)

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