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Dawa

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Dawa/tiba (Medicine/treatment)

"Dawa ya asili ni bora kuliko za kemikali (Traditional medicine is better than chemical)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

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Dawa 🇰🇲 Comoros

Médicament traditionnel (Traditional medicine)

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Dawa 🇸🇩 Sudan

Dawa/ilaaj (Medicine)

"Sharabt al dawa (I took the medicine)"

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Tanzanian slang is rooted in Swahili, the national language, with vibrant Bongo Flava music culture adding fresh terms to everyday speech in Dar es Salaam.

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Dawa 🇰🇲 Comoros

دواء - Medicine
Dawa 🇸🇩 Sudan

Dawa/ilaaj (Medicine)
Dawa 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Ilaj/dawa (Medicine)
Dawa 🇪🇬 Egypt

دواء - Medicine
Dawa 🇰🇪 Kenya

Dawa (Medicine)
Dawa

Médicament (Medicine)

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