ghafula

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَفْلَةً‎ (ḡaflatan, literally “when one did not pay attention”).

Adverb

ghafula

  1. suddenly

References
  • Baldi, Sergio (2009), “Swahili”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385
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