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tajiri

a word from vocabulary Swahili by Thilo Schadeberg

Word form	tajiri
LWT meaning(s)	rich
Word meaning	rich person
Grammatical info	n 5/6
Analyzability	unanalyzable
Age	pre-modern Swahili [1] (800–1940)

Loanword Information

Borrowed status	1. clearly borrowed
Source words	tāğir 'merchant' Arabic
Effect	Insertion
Salience	Present only since contact
Contact situation	Indian Ocean [1]