manufaa

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْفَعَة (manfaʕa).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

manufaa class VI (plural only)

  1. benefit (advantage, help or aid)

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 293 Nr. 2775a