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Where does “ghali” come from?

ghali (Swahili) comes from Arabic غال, from Latin Gallus, from Latin pāvō, from Ancient Greek ταώς — peacock; type of fish.

ghali (Swahili): expensive

Definitions

  1. expensive

Ancestry of “ghali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicغالexpensive , dear, costly, precious; boiling,...
2LatinGallusAlternative letter-case form of gallus; Gaul;...
3Latinpāvō—
4Ancient Greekταώςpeacock; type of fish
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