Arabic

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Etymology

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Characteristic adjective from the root ن ف ج (n-f-j).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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نَفَّاج (naffāj) (feminine نَفَّاجَة (naffāja), masculine plural نَفَّاجُونَ (naffājūna), feminine plural نَفَّاجَات (naffājāt))

  1. (higher register) arrogant, snobbish, flaunting
    • 2015 July 27, حسام السراي, “ar: فاضل العزاوي: ما بقي من (جماعة كركوك) هو إبداع شعرائها”, in IraqWriters.com[1]:
      تِلْكَ ٱلْخُصْلَةُ ٱلَّتِي يَكَادُ يَنْفَرِدُ بِهَا ٱلْعِرَاقِيُّونَ. وَكَانَ ثَمَّةَ أَيْضًا نَفَّاجُونَ أَدْعِيَاءُ وَفَاشِلُونَ يُحَرِّضُونَ هَٰذَا ضِدَّ ذَاكَ،
      tilka l-ḵuṣlatu llatī yakādu yanfaridu bihā l-ʕirāqiyyūna. wakāna ṯammata ʔayḍan naffājūna ʔadʕiyāʔu wafāšilūna yuḥarriḍūna hāḏā ḍidda ḏāka,
      This bunch from which the Iraqis almost isolated themselves. And there were also pretentious snobs and losers who instigates this against that.

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