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Kazi

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 3 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Kazi definition 1

Kazi/shughuli (Work/activity)

"Kazi yangu ni muhimu kwa jamii (My work is important for community)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Kazi definition 2

Kazi/shughuli ya kipato (Work/income activity)

"Kazi yangu inahitaji ujuzi wa kompyuta (My work needs computer skills)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Kazi definition 3

Kazi/shughuli za kipato (Work/income activities)

"Kazi ya siku hizi ni ngumu kupata (Nowadays work is hard to get)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
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3 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Kazi 🇧🇮 Burundi

Kazi (Work - from Swahili)

"Kazi ni nyinshi (Work is plenty)"
Kazi 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Shogol (Work - Swahili)

"Kazi mingi (Lots of work)"

🇹🇿 About Tanzania Slang

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.

KASINARY has 1747 Tanzania slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Kazi" Across Africa

This word is also used in 5 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Kazi 🇧🇮 Burundi

Kazi (Work - from Swahili)
Kazi 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Shogol (Work - Swahili)
Kazi 🇨🇩 DR Congo

Travail (Work) - Swahili
Kazi 🇰🇪 Kenya

Kazi (Work)
Kazi

Travail (Work)

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