mnafiki

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنَافِق (munāfiq).[1] The first syllable of the Arabic word has been reinterpreted as the Swahili noun prefix m-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mnafiki class I (plural wanafiki class II)

  1. hypocrite, pretender, impostor, liar

Derived terms

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. 2777
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