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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian mafia.
Pronunciation
Noun
ма́фия • (máfija) f
- mafia
Declension
References
- “мафия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мафия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian mafia.
Pronunciation
Noun
ма́фия • (máfija) f inan (genitive ма́фии, nominative plural ма́фии, genitive plural ма́фий)
- mafia
- Mafia (Soviet and Russian party game)
Declension