balozi

See also: 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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