afyuni

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ɑfˈju.ni/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

afyuni class IX (no plural)

  1. opium

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 14 Nr. 77
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