afya

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَافِيَة (ʕāfiya).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

afya class IX (plural afya class X)

  1. health (state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction)
  2. health (physical condition)
    afya ya jamii ― community health
    afya ya jinsia ― sexual health
    afya ya jinsia na uzazi ― sexual and reproductive health

Derived terms

Interjection

afya

  1. bless you (said to somebody who has sneezed)

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), 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 211 Nr. 1894
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