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Where does “nabii” come from?

nabii (Swahili) comes from Arabic نَبِيّ, from Aramaic נְבִיָּא — prophet.

nabii (Swahili): prophet

Definitions

  1. prophet

Ancestry of “nabii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنَبِيّprophet
2Aramaicנְבִיָּאprophet
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