nafsi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَفْس (nafs).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

nafsi class IX (plural nafsi class X)

  1. soul (the spirit or essence of a person that lives on after the person's death)
  2. self

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 292 Nr. 2770
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