Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bogolan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bo-golan
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hand-made Malian cotton fabric, traditionally dyed with fermented mud.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Bambara bɔgɔlanfini (“mud cloth”).

Word Breakdown

Root: bɔgɔlanfini

Usage

Inflected Forms

bogolans (plural)

Synonyms

mudcloth

Questions

What does bogolan mean?: A hand-made Malian cotton fabric, traditionally dyed with fermented mud.
Where does bogolan come from?: Borrowed from Bambara bɔgɔlanfini (“mud cloth”).

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