Meanings
plural Swazis · alternative Sarawat · alternative Swati
- A person from Swaziland/Eswatini or of Swazi/Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.
Going global would also help them live off their passion. Mzimandze expresses her optimism, explaining that “as Swazis we’re working on developing this Swazi pop sound.”
2017 January 11, “Why music celebrities in Swaziland have day jobs”, in CNN
alternative Sarawat · alternative Swati
- uncountableA Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland/Eswatini and the South African regions adjacent to it.
alternative Sarawat · alternative Swati
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini, the Swazi people or the Swazi language.
Synonyms: Eswatinian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, from, or pertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini, the Swazi people or the Swazi language.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna Bantu language closely related to Zulu, with about three million speakers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- SwaziliSwati
- ZuluiSwazi
- EnglishSwazi
From Zulu iSwazi, after the name of an early chief, Mswati. The alternative forms come from Swazi liSwati.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans swazi
- swaziBantu language
Bulgarian сва́зи
- сва́зи (svázi)Bantu language
Chinese Mandarin 斯威士語 /斯威士语, 史瓦帝語 /史瓦帝语
- 斯威士語 /斯威士语 (Sīwēishìyǔ)Bantu language
- 史瓦帝語 /史瓦帝语 (Shǐwǎdìyǔ)Bantu language
Czech Svazijec, svazijský
- Svazijecperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- svazijskýpertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
Dutch Swazi, Swazische
- Swaziperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- Swazischeperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- Swaziperson of Swazi descent
- SwaziBantu language
- Swazischpertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
Esperanto svazia lingvo
- svazia lingvoBantu language
Finnish eswatinilainen, swazi
- eswatinilainenperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- swaziperson of Swazi descent
- swaziBantu language
- eswatinilainenpertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
- swazimaalainenpertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
- swazilainenpertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
- swazilainenpertaining to Swazi people or language
French Swazi, swati
- Swaziperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- swatiBantu language
- swazipertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
German Swasi, Siswati
- Swasiperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- SiswatiBantu language
- swasiländischpertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
Indonesian bahasa Swati
- bahasa SwatiBantu language
Irish Suasach, Suasalannach
- Suasachperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- Suasalannachperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- Suasachperson of Swazi descent
- Suasalannachperson of Swazi descent
- SuaisisBantu language
- Suasalannachpertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
- Suasachpertaining to Swazi people or language
Italian swati
- swatiBantu language
Japanese スワジ語
- スワジ語 (Suwaji-go)Bantu language
Korean 스와티어
- 스와티어 (Seuwati-eo)Bantu language
Norwegian Bokmål swazilender, swazilending
- swazilenderperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- swazilendingperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- swaziperson of Swazi descent
- swatiBantu language
- swaziBantu language
- swazilandskpertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
Polish suazi
- suaziBantu language
Portuguese suázi, suázi
- suáziperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- suáziBantu language
Romanian swazi, swati
- swaziperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- swatiBantu language
- swazipertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
Russian сва́зи, сва́ти
- сва́зи (svázi)person from Swaziland/Eswatini
- сва́ти (sváti)person from Swaziland/Eswatini
- сисва́ти (sisváti)person from Swaziland/Eswatini
- сва́ти (sváti)Bantu language
- сва́зи (svázi)Bantu language
- сисва́ти (sisváti)Bantu language
Spanish suazi, suazilandés
- suaziperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- suazilandésperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- suaziBantu language
- suazilandéspertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
Swahili Mswazi, Mswati
- Mswaziperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- Mswatiperson of Swazi descent
- KiswaziBantu language
- Kiswazipertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
- Kiswatipertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
Swedish siSwati
- siSwatiBantu language
Turkish Svazilandlı
- Svazilandlıperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
Zulu iSwazi, isiSwazi
- iSwaziperson from Swaziland/Eswatini
- isiSwaziBantu language
Cite this entry
Swazi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swazi
“Swazi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swazi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Swazi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swazi.
Source: Swazi on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.