Etymology

Kawaida

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Today it means: A secular humanist Pan-Africanist philosophy introduced by Maulana Karenga in the 1960s. Full definition →

Swahili kawaida ← Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid)
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  1. Arabicقَعَدَ (qaʕada)
  2. Arabicقَوَاعِد (qawāʕid)
  3. Swahilikawaida
  4. English todayKawaida

Borrowed from Swahili kawaida, borrowed from Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid), from قَعَدَ (qaʕada).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.