bogolan

B3O1G2O1L1A1N1

noun

A hand-made Malian cotton fabric, traditionally dyed with fermented mud.

Similar
mudcloth
OriginBambara bɔgɔlanfini →
Scrabble 10
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounbogolan (countable and uncountable, plural bogolans)

plural bogolans

  1. countableuncountableA hand-made Malian cotton fabric, traditionally dyed with fermented mud.

    Synonyms: mudcloth

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA hand-made Malian cotton fabric, traditionally dyed with fermented mud.

Similar
mudcloth
Also see
mudcloth

Origin

  1. Bambarabɔgɔlanfini“mud cloth”
  2. Englishbogolan

Borrowed from Bambara bɔgɔlanfini (“mud cloth”).

More words from Bambara

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bolognaBongalo
Cite this entry
APA

bogolan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bogolan

MLA

“bogolan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bogolan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bogolan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bogolan.

Source: bogolan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.