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Where does “mtohara” come from?

mtohara (Swahili) comes from Swahili m-, from Arabic سَوَاحِل, from Arabic سَاحِل — coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert.

mtohara (Swahili): circumcised person

Definitions

  1. circumcised person

Ancestry of “mtohara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilim-The prefix for noun class 1 denoting humans; The...
2Arabicسَوَاحِلcoastal dwellers
3Arabicسَاحِلcoast; boundary, coast; border of the desert
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