mnafiki
Swahili
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic مُنَافِق (munāfiq).[1] The first syllable of the Arabic word has been reinterpreted as the Swahili noun prefix m-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmnafiki (m-wa class, plural wanafiki)
Derived terms
edit- unafiki (“hypocrisy”)
References
edit- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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 No. 2777