Where does “ustawi” come from?

ustawi (Swahili) comes from Swahili stawi, from Arabic اِسْتَوَى, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

ustawi (Swahili): welfare

Definitions

  1. welfare

Ancestry of “ustawi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilistawito prosper, thrive, flourish
2Arabicاِسْتَوَى—
3Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
4PersianیاAPI •; or; either
5Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →