Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zanj

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
zanj
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A certain portion of the coast of East Africa.

Obsolete

noun

One of the Bantu-speaking inhabitants of this part of East Africa.

Obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَنْج (zanj, “The East African coastlands”), from Persian زنگ (zang, “East Africa”) or its Middle Persian etymon; see the Persian entry for more.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Zanjs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Zanzibar

Questions

What does zanj mean?
A certain portion of the coast of East Africa.
Where does zanj come from?
It is traced to Persian.

How to pronounce zanj

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