shabashi

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Iranian Persian شاباش (šâbâš)

Interjection

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shabashi

  1. excellent!, wonderful!

References

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  • Almasi, Oswald, Fallon, Michael David, Nazish, Pardhan Wared (2014) Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels, Lanham • New York • Oxford: University Press of America, →ISBN, page 373:Shabashi! or Hongera! – Expresses congratulations, exactly as the English expression “Congratulations!”