manufaa
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَنْفَعَة (manfaʕa).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
manufaa class VI (plural only)
- benefit (advantage, help or aid)
Related terms
- -nufaika (“to profit, benefit”)
References
- ^ 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