safari

See also: Safari and safári

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈfɑːɹ.i/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

Noun

safari (plural safaris)

1. A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or to 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.

   • 2017, Serena (lyrics and music), “Safari”:

     Come on, boy, move that body/ 'Cause tonight I'm naughty, naughty/ Dance with me like it's my party/ We go wild, we're in safari

Derived terms

• human safari
• safari ant
• safarier
• safari-goer
• safarigoer
• safari jacket
• safari man
• safari park
• safari suit
• safari supper
• safari zoo
• 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)
• Indonesian: safari (id)
• 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 (saphāri)
• 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 (es) m
• Swahili: safari (sw)
• Swedish: safari (sv) c
• Thai: ซาฟารี
• 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

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈfa.ɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈfa.ɾi]

Noun

safari m (plural safaris)

1. safari

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˈfaː.ri/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

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

1. safari

Derived terms

• safaribus
• safaripark

Descendants

• → Indonesian: safari

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑfɑri/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝fɑ̝ri]
• Rhymes: -ɑfɑri
• Hyphenation^(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
abessive		safaritta	safareitta
instructive		—	safarein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of safari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative safarini safarini accusative nom. safarini safarini gen. safarini genitive safarini safarieni safareideni safareitteni partitive safariani safareitani safarejani inessive safarissani safareissani elative safaristani safareistani illative safariini safareihini adessive safarillani safareillani ablative safariltani safareiltani allative safarilleni safareilleni essive safarinani safareinani translative safarikseni safareikseni abessive safarittani safareittani instructive — — comitative — safareineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative safarisi safarisi accusative nom. safarisi safarisi gen. safarisi genitive safarisi safariesi safareidesi safareittesi partitive safariasi safareitasi safarejasi inessive safarissasi safareissasi elative safaristasi safareistasi illative safariisi safareihisi adessive safarillasi safareillasi ablative safariltasi safareiltasi allative safarillesi safareillesi essive safarinasi safareinasi translative safariksesi safareiksesi abessive safarittasi safareittasi instructive — — comitative — safareinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative safarimme safarimme accusative nom. safarimme safarimme gen. safarimme genitive safarimme safariemme safareidemme safareittemme partitive safariamme safareitamme safarejamme inessive safarissamme safareissamme elative safaristamme safareistamme illative safariimme safareihimme adessive safarillamme safareillamme ablative safariltamme safareiltamme allative safarillemme safareillemme essive safarinamme safareinamme translative safariksemme safareiksemme abessive safarittamme safareittamme instructive — — comitative — safareinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative safarinne safarinne accusative nom. safarinne safarinne gen. safarinne genitive safarinne safarienne safareidenne safareittenne partitive safarianne safareitanne safarejanne inessive safarissanne safareissanne elative safaristanne safareistanne illative safariinne safareihinne adessive safarillanne safareillanne ablative safariltanne safareiltanne allative safarillenne safareillenne essive safarinanne safareinanne translative safariksenne safareiksenne abessive safarittanne safareittanne instructive — — comitative — safareinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative safarinsa safarinsa accusative nom. safarinsa safarinsa gen. safarinsa genitive safarinsa safariensa safareidensa safareittensa partitive safariaan safariansa safareitaan safarejaan safareitansa safarejansa inessive safarissaan safarissansa safareissaan safareissansa elative safaristaan safaristansa safareistaan safareistansa illative safariinsa safareihinsa adessive safarillaan safarillansa safareillaan safareillansa ablative safariltaan safariltansa safareiltaan safareiltansa allative safarilleen safarillensa safareilleen safareillensa essive safarinaan safarinansa safareinaan safareinansa translative safarikseen safariksensa safareikseen safareiksensa abessive safarittaan safarittansa safareittaan safareittansa instructive — — comitative — safareineen safareinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• kelkkasafari
• moottorikelkkasafari
• safariauto
• safarijakku
• safarimatka
• safariopas
• safaripuisto
• safaripuku
• safaripusero
• safarituoli
• valokuvaussafari

 

Further reading

• “safari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• fraasi

French

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /saˈfari/ [saˈfa.ri]
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: sa‧fa‧ri

Noun

safari (plural safari-safari)

1. safari

Derived terms

• bersafari
• menyafarikan

 

Further reading

• “safari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

safari m (invariable)

1. safari

Anagrams

• sfarai

Japanese

Romanization

safari

1. Rōmaji transcription of サファリ

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.

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.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈfa.ri/

• Audio:

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

Noun

safari n (indeclinable)

1. safari (trip into any undeveloped area)

Further reading

• safari in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French safari.

Noun

safari n (uncountable)

1. safari

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	safari	safariul
genitive-dative	safari	safariului
vocative	safariule

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑˈfɑ.ɾi/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

safari class IX (plural safari class X)

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

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French safari or from English safari. Doublet of sefer.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

safari (definite accusative safariyi, plural safariler)

1. safari

Further reading

• “safari”, in Turkish dictionaries, 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