Swahili
hababi
hah-BAH-bee
How to say it
Swahilihababihah-BAH-beesoon
EnglishYour Excellencysoon
FrenchVotre Excellencesoon
Meaning
a respectful term of address for a person of high rank, equivalent to 'Your Excellency'.
Good to know
Formal, honorific, archaic.
Examples
- Wajumbe walimsalimu sultani wakisema, 'Hababi, tunakushukuru.'The delegates greeted the sultan saying, 'Your Excellency, we thank you.'
- Neno hababi hutumika kumheshimu mtu mwenye cheo kikubwa.The word hababi is used to honor a person of high rank.
- Alimwita hababi kwa heshima kubwa.He addressed him as 'hababi' with great respect.
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