shahawa

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shahawa

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic شَهْوَة (šahwa, “lust”).

noun shahawa

  1. class ix lust (sexual desire)
  2. class ix, euphemistic semen

    Similar: manii

In English

  • lust strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
  • semen male reproductive fluid

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MLA

"shahawa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/shahawa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

shahawa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/shahawa

Chicago

"shahawa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/shahawa.

BibTeX
@misc{shahawa_2026,
  title = {shahawa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/shahawa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-shahawa.flac.