nahodha

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nahodha

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Borrowed from Arabic نَاخُوذَاة (nāḵūḏāh), borrowed from Classical Persian نَاخُدَا (nāxudā), from نَاوْخُدَا (nāwxudā), from نَاو (nāw) + خُدَا (xudā).

noun manahodha

class v captain (commander of a ship)

In English

captain the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel

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@misc{nahodha_2026,
  title = {nahodha},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/nahodha},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}