مرفعين

Chadian Arabic

مرفعين

Etymology

From Beja merfa'il. Cognate with Sudanese Arabic مرفعين (marfaʕīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.fa.ʔiːn/

Noun

مرفعين • (marfa'īn) m (plural مرافعين (marāf'īn))

1. hyena

References

• Judith Heath, compiler (2016), Chadian Arabic - English Lexicon‎^[1], N'Djamena, Chad: Association SIL, page 122
• Leo Reinisch (1895) Wörterbuch der Beḍauye-Sprache‎^[2] (in German), Wien, Austria, page 172