nafaka
Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic نَفَقَ (nafaqa).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
nafaka class IX (plural nafaka class X)
See also
- (Cereals) nafaka; shayiri (“barley”), mahindi (“maize”), ulezi (“millet”), oti (“oats”), mchele (“husked rice”) / mpunga (“unhusked rice”) / wali (“cooked rice”), ngano nyekundu (“rye”), mtama (“sorghum”), ngano (“wheat”) (Category: sw:Grains) [edit]
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. 2776
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نفقه (nafaka),[1][2][3] from Arabic نَفَقَة (nafaqa).[4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na.faˈka/
- Hyphenation: na‧fa‧ka
Noun
nafaka (definite accusative nafakayı, plural nafakalar)
- All that is needed for one to get by; subsistence.
- (law) alimony (court-mandated allowance made to dependant(s))
Declension
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Derived terms
- nafaka bağlanmak
- nafaka sağlamak
Related terms
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نفقه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2094
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نفقه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1282
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “نفقه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1467
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nafaka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “nafaka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nafaka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3474