English

Alternative forms

• Sarawat
• Swati

Noun

Swazi ‎(plural Swazis or Swazi)

1. A person from Swaziland or of Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.
2. A Pashtun tribe (clan of Eousafzai or Yousafzai) of northern Pakistan, originally migrating from the Sarawat Mountains, now residing around the Swat Valley.
   • 1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Hazara

     The chief frontier tribes on the border are the cis-Indus Swatis, Hassanzais, Akazais, Chagarzais, Pariari Syads, Madda Khels, Amazais and Umarzais.

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Proper noun

Swazi ‎(uncountable)

1. a Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland

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Noun

Swazi ‎(plural Swazis)

1. A person of the Swazi tribe.
   • 1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Mohmand

     The fortified posts at Chakdara and Malakand, in the Swat valley, [...] were for several days fiercely assailed by the usually peaceful Swatis under the leadership of the Mad Mullah.

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External links

• Swazi–English Dictionary from Webster’s Online Dictionary
• ISO 639-1 code ss, ISO 639-3 code ssw
• Ethnologue entry for Swazi, ss

Adjective

Swazi ‎(not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Swaziland, the Swati people or the Swati language.
2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Swati tribe.

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French

Etymology

From Swaziland

Noun

Swazi m ‎(plural Swazis, feminine Swazie)

1. Swati, Swazi (person)

French

Adjective

swazi m ‎(feminine singular swazie, masculine plural swazis, feminine plural swazies)

1. Swati, Swazi (relating to Swaziland)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• suazi, suázi, swázi

Noun

swazi m (plural swazis)

1. Swazi; Swati (Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland)

Noun

swazi m f (plural swazis)

1. Swazi (person from Swaziland)

Adjective

swazi ‎(plural swazi, comparable)

1. Swazi (of, from or relating to Swaziland)