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- Arabic · borrowed fromغَوَازِي
- English todayGhawazi
From Arabic غَوَازِي (ḡawāzī) (singular غَازِيَة (ḡāziya)) meaning "conqueror", i.e. conquering the hearts of the audience.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A group of Egyptian dancing girls of the Nawar people, whose suggestive dancing was seen as improper. Full definition →
From Arabic غَوَازِي (ḡawāzī) (singular غَازِيَة (ḡāziya)) meaning "conqueror", i.e. conquering the hearts of the audience.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.