Meaning

noun a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years

originEtymology tree Arabic مَا (mā) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic *lV- Arabic لِـ (li-) univ.? Arabic مَال (māl)bor. Swahili malider. Xhosa ímalíbor. ▲ Swahili malider. Zulu ímalíbor. English mali Borrowed from Xhosa imali, Zulu imali (“money”), both ultimately from Swahili mali (“riches, wealth; property”), from Arabic مَال (māl, “money; affluence, wealth; possessions, property”). Some dictionaries…

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