mbashiri

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَشِير (bašīr), then also analyzable as m- +‎ -bashiri (“to predict, foretell”) that after this also occurs.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mbashiri class I (plural wabashiri class II)

1. predictor, foreteller

See also

• mtabiri (“forecaster”)