majuni

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْجُون (maʕjūn).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

majuni class VI (plural only)

  1. (clarification of this definition is needed) mixture of opium, sugar and other ingredients

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 200 Nr. 1798