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Where does “jamali” come from?

jamali (Swahili) comes from Arabic جَمَل, from Proto-Semitic gamal-.

jamali (Swahili): camel

Definitions

  1. camel

Ancestry of “jamali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجَمَلcamel
2Proto-Semiticgamal-—
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