English Explanatory Dictionary

mwalimu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A teacher in parts of Africa.

Word forms

mwalimu mwalimus walimu

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic عَلَّمَ (ʕallama) Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim)bor. Swahili mwalimubor. English mwalimu Borrowed from Swahili mwalimu, borrowed from Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim, “teacher”), from عَلَّمَ (ʕallama).

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