Etymology

bogolan

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Today it means: A hand-made Malian cotton fabric, traditionally dyed with fermented mud. Full definition →

Bambara bɔgɔlanfini
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The story

  1. Bambara · borrowed frombɔgɔlanfini“mud cloth”
  2. English todaybogolan

Borrowed from Bambara bɔgɔlanfini (“mud cloth”).

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