mbadhiri

Swahili

Etymology

From m- +‎ -badhiri or borrowed from Arabic مُبَذِّر (mubaḏḏir, “spendthrift”).[1]

Noun

mbadhiri class I (plural wabadhiri class II)

  1. spendthrift, extravagant person
  2. swindler, cheat

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26 Nr. 186
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