mnafiki

Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

mnafiki (m-wa class, plural wanafiki)

hypocrite, pretender, impostor, liar

Derived terms

unafiki (“hypocrisy”)

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

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