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kawaida

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kawai-da
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A secular humanist Pan-Africanist philosophy introduced by Maulana Karenga in the 1960s.

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic قَعَدَ (qaʕada) Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid)bor. Swahili kawaidabor. English Kawaida Borrowed from Swahili kawaida, borrowed from Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid), from قَعَدَ (qaʕada).

Questions

What does kawaida mean?
A secular humanist Pan-Africanist philosophy introduced by Maulana Karenga in the 1960s.
Where does kawaida come from?
Etymology tree Arabic قَعَدَ (qaʕada) Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid)bor. Swahili kawaidabor. English Kawaida Borrowed from Swahili kawaida, borrowed from Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid), from قَعَدَ (qaʕada).

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