Swazi

See also: swazi and swázi

English

Alternative forms

• Sarawat, Swati

Etymology

From Zulu iSwazi, after the name of an early chief, Mswati. The alternative forms come from Swazi liSwati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swɑː.zi/, /swɒ.zi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Swazi (plural Swazis or Swazi)

1. A person from Swaziland/Eswatini or of Swazi/Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.
   • 2017 January 11, “Why music celebrities in Swaziland have day jobs”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 16 August 2025:

     Going global would also help them live off their passion. Mzimandze expresses her optimism, explaining that “as Swazis we’re working on developing this Swazi pop sound.”

Translations

person from Swaziland/Eswatini

• Asturian: suazilandés (ast) m, suazilandesa (ast) f
• Czech: Svazijec (cs) m
• Dutch: Swazi (nl) m, Swazische (nl) f
• Finnish: eswatinilainen
• French: Swazi (fr)
• German: Swasi (de) m or f
• Irish: Suasach m, Suasalannach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: swazilender m, swazilending m

  Nynorsk: swazilendar (nn) m, swazilending (nn) m

• Portuguese: suázi
• Romanian: swazi
• Russian: сва́зи (ru) m (svázi), сва́ти (ru) m (sváti), сисва́ти m (sisváti)
• Spanish: suazi (es), suazilandés (es)
• Swahili: Mswazi (sw)
• Swazi: siSwati (ss)
• Turkish: Svazilandlı (tr)
• Zulu: iSwazi

person of Swazi descent

• Dutch: Swazi (nl) m
• Finnish: swazi (fi)
• Irish: Suasach m, Suasalannach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: swazi m

  Nynorsk: swazi m

• Swahili: Mswati

Proper noun

Swazi (uncountable)

1. A Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland/Eswatini and the South African regions adjacent to it.

Translations

Bantu language

• Afrikaans: swazi
• Breton: swatieg
• Bulgarian: сва́зи (svázi)
• Cherokee: ᏍᏩᏘ (swati)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯威士語 / 斯威士语 (zh) (Sīwēishìyǔ), 史瓦帝語 / 史瓦帝语 (zh) (Shǐwǎdìyǔ)

• Dutch: Swazi (nl) n
• Esperanto: svazia lingvo
• Finnish: swazi (fi)
• French: swati (fr) m
• German: Siswati (de) n
• Indonesian: bahasa Swati
• Irish: Suaisis f
• Italian: swati
• Japanese: スワジ語 (Suwaji-go)
• Korean: 스와티어 (Seuwati-eo)
• Ligurian: siSwati
• Macedonian: свати (svati)
• Navajo: Swáazi Dineʼé bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: swati (no) m, swazi m

  Nynorsk: swati m, swazi m

• Polish: suazi (pl)
• Portuguese: suázi
• Romanian: swati
• Russian: сва́ти (ru) m (sváti), сва́зи (ru) m (svázi), сисва́ти m (sisváti)
• Spanish: suazi (es) m
• Swahili: Kiswazi
• Swazi: siSwati (ss)
• Swedish: siSwati
• Zulu: isiSwazi

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Swazi terms

Adjective

Swazi (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini, the Swazi people or the Swazi language.

Synonyms

• Eswatinian

Translations

pertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini

• Asturian: suazilandés (ast)
• Czech: svazijský (cs)
• Dutch: Swazisch (nl)
• Finnish: eswatinilainen, swazimaalainen (fi), swazilainen
• French: swazi (fr)
• German: swasiländisch (de)
• Irish: Suasalannach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: swazilandsk

  Nynorsk: swazilandsk (nn)

• Romanian: swazi
• Spanish: suazilandés (es)
• Swahili: Kiswazi, Kiswati

pertaining to Swazi people or language

• Finnish: swazilainen
• Irish: Suasach

Derived terms

• Swaziness

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ss, ISO 639-3 code ssw (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Swazi, ssw ⁠

French

Etymology

From Zulu iSwazi.

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Noun

Swazi m (plural Swazis, feminine Swazie)

1. Swati, Swazi (person)