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Sicilian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جُحَا (juḥā), via Siculo-Arabic.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Giufà
- (folklore) A character in Sicilian folktales, a “village fool”, similar to the Arabic جُحَا (juḥā) and Maltese Ġaħan, similar also to the Turko-Persian Molla Nasreddin, the Jewish Hershel of Ostropol, the German Till Eulenspiegel, etc.
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