swala

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Sala

Wikipedia ^sw

From Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh).

Alternative forms

• sala

Noun

swala class IX (plural swala class X)

2. prayer (practice of communicating with one's God)

   Synonym: ombi

Related terms

• msala, mswala

See also

• dua
• ombi

Etymology 2

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

swala

Wikipedia ^sw

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]

Noun

swala class IX (plural swala class X)

1. gazelle

Further reading

• swala in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press