shenzi

See also: shēnzi and shěnzi

English

Etymology

From Swahili -shenzi.

Noun

shenzi (plural shenzis)

  1. (dated, Africa) A barbarian (variously used to refer to foreigners, Europeans, or pagans)
    • 1919, Stewart Edward White, The Land of Footprints, p. 263:
      We instructed our men to shoot first and inquire afterward, if a shenzi so much as showed himself in the clearing.

Anagrams

Swahili

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, perhaps from the same source as Arabic زَنْج‎ (zanj, “Zanj”).

Adjective

-shenzi (declinable)

  1. uncivilized, barbarian

Inflection
Inflected forms of -shenzi
Noun class singular plural
M-wa class mshenzi washenzi
M-mi class mshenzi mishenzi
Ma class shenzi mashenzi
Ki-vi class kishenzi vishenzi
N class shenzi shenzi
U class mshenzi shenzi
Pa class pashenzi pashenzi
Ku class kushenzi kushenzi
Mu class mushenzi mushenzi

Derived terms
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