وصيف

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Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Egyptian wdpw (waiter, servant).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

وَصِيف (waṣīfm (plural وُصَفَاء (wuṣafāʔ))

  1. a young man
  2. slave, serf
  3. servant

Declension

References

  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 32

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

Noun

وصيف (wṣīfm

  1. slave, serf
  2. (derogatory, ethnic slur) black man