maarifa

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

maarifa class VI (plural only)

  1. knowledge, understanding
    Hawa watu wanaangamia kwa sababu ya kukosa maarifa.
    These people are perishing because they lack knowledge.

See also

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 205 Nr. 1841
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