safari

safari

See also: Safari and safári

English

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر‎ (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈfɑːɹ.i/

  • Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

Noun

safari (plural safaris)

1. A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or hunt wild animals in their own environment.

   We're going on a safari in Kenya.

2. A caravan going on a safari.
3. (by extension) Any trip for the purpose of discovering something new or acquiring prizes or trophies.
   • 1968, Ruth Stearns Egge, How to Make Something from Nothing

     An ardent junker herself, Mrs. Egge tells how to conduct a fascinating junk safari into the attic or antique and secondhand shops and what to do with the trophies you bring home.

Derived terms

• safari jacket
• safari park
• safari suit
• safarier
• safarigoer
• safariman
• surfari
• whale safari

Translations

a trip into any undeveloped area

Arabic: سَفَارِي‎ m (safārī) Armenian: սաֆարի (hy) (safari) Belarusian: сафа́ры n (safáry) Bulgarian: сафа́ри (bg) n (safári) Catalan: safari (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: (hunting expedition) 狩獵遠征／狩猎远征 (shòuliè yuǎnzhēng), (photographic expedition) 攝影遠征／摄影远征 (shèyǐng yuǎnzhēng) Dutch: safari (nl) Esperanto: safario Finnish: safari (fi) French: safari (fr) m Georgian: საფარი (sapari) German: Safari (de) f Greek: σαφάρι (el) n (safári) Hebrew: ספארי‎ m (safári) Hindi: सफ़ारी m (safārī) Hungarian: szafari (hu) Interlingua: safari Italian: safari (it) m Japanese: サファリ (ja) (safari) Korean: 사파리 (ko) (sapari) Macedonian: сафари n (safari) Malay: safari Malayalam: സഫാരി (safāri) Maori: whakangaunga (if the purpose is hunting) Marathi: सफारी f (saphārī) Norwegian: Bokmål: safari m Persian: سفاری‎ (fa) (safâri), سافاری‎ (sâfâri) Polish: safari (pl) n Portuguese: safári (pt) m Punjabi: ਸਫਾਰੀ (saphārī) Russian: сафа́ри (ru) n (safári) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сафа̑ри m Roman: safȃri (sh) m Spanish: safari m Swahili: safari (sw) Swedish: safari (sv) c Turkish: safari (tr) Ukrainian: сафа́рі n (safári) Urdu: سفاری‎ m (safārī) Welsh: saffari m

Verb

safari (third-person singular simple present safaris, present participle safariing, simple past and past participle safaried)

1. (intransitive) To take part in a safari.

Anagrams

• Farias

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Catalan

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر‎ (safar).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /səˈfa.ɾi/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /saˈfa.ɾi/

Noun

safari m (plural safaris)

1. safari

Further reading

• “safari” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر‎ (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˈfaː.ri/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

safari m (plural safari's, diminutive safarietje n)

1. safari

Derived terms

• safaribus
• safaripark

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر‎ (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑfɑri/, [ˈs̠ɑfɑri]
• Rhymes: -ɑfɑri
• Syllabification^(key): sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

safari

1. safari

Declension

Inflection of safari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		safari	safarit
genitive		safarin	safarien safareiden safareitten
partitive		safaria	safareita safareja
illative		safariin	safareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		safari	safarit
accusative	nom.	safari	safarit
	gen.	safarin
genitive		safarin	safarien safareiden safareitten
partitive		safaria	safareita safareja
inessive		safarissa	safareissa
elative		safarista	safareista
illative		safariin	safareihin
adessive		safarilla	safareilla
ablative		safarilta	safareilta
allative		safarille	safareille
essive		safarina	safareina
translative		safariksi	safareiksi
instructive		—	safarein
abessive		safaritta	safareitta
comitative		—	safareineen

Possessive forms of safari (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	safarini	safarimme
2nd person	safarisi	safarinne
3rd person	safarinsa

Anagrams

• fraasi

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French

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر‎ (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.fa.ʁi/

Noun

safari m (plural safaris)

1. safari

Descendants

• → Romanian: safari
• →? Turkish: safari

Further reading

• “safari”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر‎ (safar).

Noun

safari m (invariable)

1. safari

Anagrams

• sfarai

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Japanese

Romanization

safari

1. Rōmaji transcription of サファリ

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر‎ (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑfɑːrɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪ

Noun

safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safarier, definite plural safariene)

1. a safari

Derived terms

• hvalsafari

References

• “safari” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر‎ (safar).

Noun

safari m (definite singular safarien, indefinite plural safariar, definite plural safariane)

1. a safari

References

• “safari” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili safari, from Arabic سَفَر‎ (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈfa.ri/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

safari n (indeclinable)

1. safari (trip into any undeveloped area)

Further reading

• safari in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• safari in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French safari.

Noun

safari n (uncountable)

1. safari

Declension

declension of safari (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) safari	safariul
genitive/dative	(unui) safari	safariului
vocative	safariule

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Spanish

Etymology

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر‎ (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈfaɾi/ [saˈfa.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -aɾi
• Syllabification: sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

safari m (plural safaris)

1. safari

Further reading

• “safari”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَفَر‎ (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑˈfɑ.ɾi/

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

safari (n class, plural safari)

1. journey, trip
2. a time or instance

Related terms

• -safiri

Descendants

• → Arabic: سَفَارِي‎ (safārī)
• → Catalan: safari
• → English: safari
• → Finnish: safari
• → French: safari
  • → Romanian: safari
  • →? Turkish: safari
• → German: Safari
• → Hungarian: szafari
• → Italian: safari
• → Japanese: サファリ
• → Portuguese: safári
• → Russian: сафа́ри (safári)
• → Spanish: safari
• → Swedish: safari

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French safari or from English safari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈfa.ɾi/
• Hyphenation: sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

safari (definite accusative safariyi, plural safariler)

1. safari

Further reading

• safari in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “safari”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “safari”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “safari”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3929