bazazi

== Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic بَزَّاز (bazzāz, “cloth merchant, draper”). The semantic shift from "trader" to "dishonest person" is because of the use of trickery to get people's custom. === Pronunciation === (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ɓɑˈzɑ.zi/ === Noun === bazazi class V (plural mabazazi class VI) conman, dishonest person ==== Derived terms ==== ubazazi (“dishonesty, cheating”) === References ===