"kashfa" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-kashfa.flac [Kenya] Forms: kashfa [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic كَشْف (kašf, “unveiling, uncovering”). The pejorative meaning comes from Godfrey Dale (1861–1941, Christian missionary in Zanzibar 1889–1925) publishing a translation of the Qurʾān into Swahili in 1923, widely suspected to be inaccurate. Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|كَشْف|t=unveiling, uncovering}} Arabic كَشْف (kašf, “unveiling, uncovering”), {{root|sw|ar|ك ش ف}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kashfa, {{sw-noun|n}} kashfa (n class, plural kashfa)
  1. (archaic) uncovering, unveiling, exposing Tags: archaic, class-10, class-9
    Sense id: en-kashfa-sw-noun-aRLj~ZWm Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 40 34 25
  2. scandal (incident that brings disgrace) Tags: class-10, class-9
    Sense id: en-kashfa-sw-noun-yB2UgmAv Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 40 34 25
  3. slander, libel, insult Tags: class-10, class-9
    Sense id: en-kashfa-sw-noun-iYA7ZAKB Categories (other): Swahili terms with collocations, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 40 34 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kashifa Related terms: -kashifu (english: to defame, slander)

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