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Where does “dhahiri” come from?

dhahiri (Swahili) comes from Arabic ظَاهِر, from Arabic ـِيّ — {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

dhahiri (Swahili): clear, evident, plain; clearly, evidently,...

Definitions

  1. clear, evident, plain; clearly, evidently,...

Ancestry of “dhahiri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicظَاهِرapparent; radiant
2Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...
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