Swahili
mstaarabu
m-sta-a-RA-bu
How to say it
Swahilimstaarabum-sta-a-RA-busoon
Englishcivilized personsoon
Frenchpersonne civiliséesoon
Meaning
a civilized, cultured, or well-mannered person.
Good to know
civilized/cultivated person; pi. intelligentsia
Examples
- Yeye ni mstaarabu, huwasalimu wageni wote.He's a well-mannered person; he greets all the guests.
- Watu mstaarabu hawapigani mtaani.Civilized people don't fight in the street.
- Je, unamwona kama mstaarabu kweli?Do you really see him as a civilized person?
- Hakuwahi kuwa mstaarabu tangu utotoni.He was never well-mannered, even from childhood.
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