hayawani

Swahili

noun
Definitions
  • (uncommon) animal
  • idiot, brute a person who behaves animalistically

Etymology

Derived from Arabic حَيَوَان (animal).

Origin

Arabic

حَيَوَان

Gloss

animal

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Classifier

Emoji
🏇 🐋 🐙 🐟️ 🐠 🐡 🐬 🐳 🐻‍❄️ 🐾 🦈 🦐 🦑

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms