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Where does “bahili” come from?

bahili (Swahili) comes from Arabic بَخِيل — mean; miserly, stingy, avaricious; miserly,...

bahili (Swahili): stingy, miserly

Definitions

  1. stingy, miserly

Ancestry of “bahili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَخِيلmean; miserly, stingy, avaricious; miserly,...

Words derived from “bahili”

  • mbahili
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