Where does the name Taji come from?

Taji is a borrowed (trade-route) name. It came into Swahili from another language along the Indian Ocean trade routes.

Swahili name

Taji

means "Crown"

Taji is a Swahili name meaning "Crown". It came into Swahili from another language along the Indian Ocean trade routes.

Taji means crown, a word that travelled to Swahili along the Indian Ocean trade routes.

TAH-jee

The part in capitals is stressed. In Swahili, every vowel is its own sound, and the stress usually falls on the second-to-last syllable.

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What does the name Taji mean?: Taji is a Swahili name meaning "Crown". Taji means crown, a word that travelled to Swahili along the Indian Ocean trade routes.
How do you pronounce Taji?: Say it TAH-jee. The part in capitals is stressed.
Where does the name Taji come from?: Taji is a borrowed (trade-route) name. It came into Swahili from another language along the Indian Ocean trade routes.
Is Taji a girl's or a boy's name?: Taji is usually given to boys.

Bantu-Swahili: Swahili is a Bantu language, part of a large family of African languages. Bantu-Swahili names come from that original African core of the language.
Arabic-origin: Centuries of trade and contact along the East African coast brought many Arabic words and names into Swahili. They are now fully at home in Swahili-speaking families.
Borrowed (trade-route): Swahili also borrowed words from other languages its speakers met through trade across the Indian Ocean.