safari

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English

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈfɑːɹ.i/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

Noun

safari (plural safaris)

1. A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or hunt wild animals in their own environment.

2. A caravan going on a safari.
3. (by extension) Any trip for the purpose of discovering something new or acquiring prizes or trophies.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

safari (third-person singular simple present safaris, present participle safariing, simple past and past participle safaried)

1. (intransitive) To take part in a safari.

Anagrams

• Farias

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈfa.ɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈfa.ɾi]

Noun

safari m (plural safaris)

1. safari

Further reading

• “safari” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˈfaː.ri/
• Hyphenation: sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

safari m (plural safari's, diminutive safarietje n)

1. safari

Derived terms

• safaribus
• safaripark

Descendants

• → Indonesian: safari

Finnish

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑfɑri/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝fɑ̝ri]
• Rhymes: -ɑfɑri
• Syllabification^(key): sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

safari

1. safari

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “safari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• fraasi

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.fa.ʁi/

Noun

safari m (plural safaris)

1. safari

Descendants

• → Romanian: safari
• →? Turkish: safari

Further reading

• “safari”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch safari (“safari”), from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈfa.ri/, [saˈfa.ri]
• Rhymes: -ri
• Hyphenation: sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

safari (plural safari-safari, first-person possessive safariku, second-person possessive safarimu, third-person possessive safarinya)

1. safari

Derived terms

Further reading

• “safari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Noun

safari m (invariable)

1. safari

Anagrams

• sfarai

Japanese

Romanization

safari

1. Rōmaji transcription of サファリ

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑfɑːrɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪ

Noun

safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safarier, definite plural safariene)

1. a safari

Derived terms

• hvalsafari

References

• “safari” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Noun

safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safariar, definite plural safariane)

1. a safari

References

• “safari” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili safari, from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈfari/
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

safari n (indeclinable)

1. safari (trip into any undeveloped area)

Further reading

• safari in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French safari.

Noun

safari n (uncountable)

1. safari

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈfaɾi/ [saˈfa.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -aɾi
• Syllabification: sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

safari m (plural safaris)

1. safari

Further reading

• “safari”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑˈfɑ.ɾi/

Noun

safari (n class, plural safari)

1. journey, trip
2. a time or instance

Related terms

• -safiri

Descendants

• → Arabic: سَفَارِي (safārī)
• → Catalan: safari
• → English: safari
• → Finnish: safari
• → French: safari
  • → Romanian: safari
  • →? Turkish: safari
• → German: Safari
• → Hungarian: szafari
• → Italian: safari
• → Japanese: サファリ
• → Portuguese: safári
• → Russian: сафа́ри (safári)
• → Spanish: safari
• → Swedish: safari

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French safari or from English safari. Doublet of sefer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈfa.ɾi/
• Hyphenation: sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

safari (definite accusative safariyi, plural safariler)

1. safari

Further reading

• “safari”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “safari”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “safari”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “safari”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3929