Talk:jemadari


 * I'm not clear on the history of how military ranks got into Swahili; from words like, it's clear that it's not the usual path of Omani Arabic. But Urdu seems like an odd finger to point, as opposed to just using 🇨🇬. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 22:11, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * 🇨🇬 is a cup-holder. And there are quite some Swahili terms derived from Hindi here already. Alternatively it is 🇨🇬 of course. Maybe it came via 🇨🇬? Fay Freak (talk) 22:16, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Steingass says the Persian word is used for some sort of soldier. Anyway, it could be from English, I really don't know. I've taken the habit of labelling all Swahili from Hindustani as being from Hindi, but it's just a convention. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 22:21, 4 July 2019 (UTC)