марафет

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish معرفت (maʼrifet, knowledge; connaissance, adroitness; skill, trick; method, means), from Arabic مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa, knowledge). The central phrase for the meaning development is навести́ (navestí) / наводи́ть (navodítʹ) марафе́т, which was first applied by criminals to mean distancing oneself from the crime scene or putting forward an alibi, so as not to appear responsible. The sense "cocaine" comes from the effects of the drug when satisfying an addiction.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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марафе́т (marafétm inan (genitive марафе́та, nominative plural марафе́ты, genitive plural марафе́тов)

  1. (colloquial) the outer appearance of orderliness, toiletpersonal, domestic or other cleaning
  2. (slang) cocaine

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