jangili

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Kikuyu jangiri, from Hindi जंगली (jaṅglī, “wild”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

jangili class V (plural majangili class VI)

  1. a poacher (a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally)
  2. a gangster or hardened criminal

Derived terms

References

  • Philip Ochieng (2012) “‘Jangili’ is a word borrowed from India”, in Daily Nation‎[1], archived from the original on 30 July 2019
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