Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ghawazi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ghawazi
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of Egyptian dancing girls of the Nawar people, whose suggestive dancing was seen as improper.

Etymology

From Arabic غَوَازِي (ḡawāzī) (singular غَازِيَة (ḡāziya)) meaning "conqueror", i.e. conquering the hearts of the audience.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: غَوَازِي, غ ز و

Questions

What does ghawazi mean?: A group of Egyptian dancing girls of the Nawar people, whose suggestive dancing was seen as improper.
Where does ghawazi come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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