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Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُنَافِق (munāfiq). The first syllable of the Arabic word has been reinterpreted as the Swahili noun prefix m-.
Pronunciation
Noun
mnafiki (m-wa class, plural wanafiki)
- hypocrite, pretender, impostor, liar
Derived terms
References
- 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