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Djeli

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 3 definitions
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Djeli definition 1

Djeli (Griot - Dioula)

"Djeli bè foli! (The griot is playing!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Djeli definition 2

Djeli (Griot/storyteller)

"Le djeli raconte notre histoire! (The griot tells our history!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Djeli definition 3

Tariku fɔla, laadalakela (Griot, tradition keeper)

"Djeli bɛ jamuw tariku fɔ. (The griot tells families' histories.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Djeli 🇲🇱 Mali

Tariku fɔla, laadalakela (Griot, tradition keeper)

"Djeli bɛ jamuw tariku fɔ. (The griot tells families' histories.)"
Jeli 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

Cantor/Historiador Mandinka (Mandinka singer/historian)

"Jeli kanta bunitu. (Singer sings beautifully.)"

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Djeli 🇲🇱 Mali

Tariku fɔla, laadalakela (Griot, tradition keeper)

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