balozi

See also: baloži and Baloži

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Omani Arabic بالوز (bālōz), from Arabic باليوز (balyōz), from Ottoman Turkish بالیوز (balyoz), بالیوس (balyos, “title of the Venetian ambassador to the Sublime Porte; title of any European envoy”), from Venetan bailo (“title of a Venetian ambassador”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

balozi class V (plural mabalozi class VI)

  1. ambassador

Derived terms

Noun

balozi

  1. plural of ubalozi

References

  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022), “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎[1], volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Ambassador’, Sw balozi. From OAr bālōz ‘consul’ (R: 76), ultimately from Venetian bailo (by way of Turkish).”
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