Meaning: Hope; wish
The story
A Swahili word name used across genders. Its meaning centers on hope, with a deeper Arabic lexical history that does not change its Swahili naming context.
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Rare in US records; use elsewhere may differ.
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Origins
Tumaini comes from Swahili.
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