mnafiki

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنَافِق‎ (munāfiq).

Noun

mnafiki (m-wa class, plural wanafiki)

  1. hypocrite, pretender, impostor, liar

References
  • Baldi, Sergio (2020-11-30) 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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