mnafiki

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُنَافِق (munāfiq).[1] The first syllable of the Arabic word has been reinterpreted as the Swahili noun prefix m-.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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mnafiki (m-wa class, plural wanafiki)

  1. hypocrite, pretender, impostor, liar

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ 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
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