safari
noun
journey; trip; travel.
In Swahili it is any journey. The wildlife-tour sense is the narrower English borrowing.
Origins
Safari is the Swahili word for a journey or expedition, from Arabic سَفَر (safar), “journey.” English later narrowed a borrowed sense; in Swahili it remains the general travel word.
Sergio Baldi, Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2021), entry 1294, 158.
Traces safari to Arabic سَفَر (safar), “journey, trip.”
A. C. Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903), 330.
Records safari as journey, voyage, expedition, and travelling company.
Examples
Safari yetu inaanza leo.
Our journey begins today.
Tulipanga safari ya pwani.
We planned a trip to the coast.
Baada ya safari nilipumzika.
I rested after the journey.
Safari ilikuwa ndefu.
The journey was long.
Niko safarini kwa sasa.
I am on a journey right now.
Tulifurahia safari ya treni.
We enjoyed the train journey.
Safari yangu itaisha kesho.
My trip will end tomorrow.
Aliahirisha safari yake.
They postponed their journey.
Katika safari tuliona milima.
On the journey we saw mountains.
