ajabu

noun

wonder; marvel.

The plural maajabu refers to wonders.

Forms

Ajabu is the everyday Swahili word for wonder. It entered from Arabic عَجَب (ʿajab, "wonder"), adapted into the form people use now.

A. C. Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903), PDF page 32.
Records wonder or something that causes wonder, with the ma- plural and an Arabic source.
J. L. Krapf, A Dictionary of the Suahili Language (London: Trübner & Co., 1882), printed page 5, A'jabu.
Traces ajabu to the Arabic noun for wonder or admiration.

Maajabu hayo yalitushangaza.
Those wonders amazed us.
Tumeona maajabu mengi.
We have seen many wonders.
Watoto wanasoma kuhusu maajabu ya dunia.
The children are reading about the wonders of the world.
Alitusimulia maajabu ya safari yake.
She told us about the wonders of her journey.
Anasoma kitabu kuhusu maajabu ya dunia.
She is reading a book about the wonders of the world.
Unaweza kuona maajabu hayo ukitembea hapa.
You can see those wonders when you walk here.
Safari ilikuwa na maajabu mengi.
The journey was full of wonders.
Tulisimama kutazama maajabu hayo.
We stopped to look at those wonders.
Kila siku tunagundua maajabu mapya.
Every day we discover new wonders.