Where does “safari” come from?

safari (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swahili safari, from Arabic سَفَر, from Arabic عَلِيّ — to be high, exalted; Ali; exalted, noble; to be...

safari (Norwegian Bokmål): a safari

Definitions

  1. a safari

Ancestry of “safari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilisafarijourney, trip; a time or instance
2Arabicسَفَرjourney, travel; trip
3Arabicعَلِيّto be high, exalted; Ali; exalted, noble; to be...

Words derived from “safari”

Every word from Arabic عَلِيّ →Every word from Arabic سَفَر →Every word from Swahili safari →