"mafia" meaning in Italian

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mafioso"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mafiologo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mafiosità"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Mafia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Mafia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Mafia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "mafya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: mafya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: mafya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "mafja",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Maltese: mafja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Maltese: mafja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "mafie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: mafie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: mafie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ма́фия",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ма́фия (máfija)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ма́фия (máfija)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mafia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: mafia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: mafia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "it"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مَهْيَاص",
        "t": "cocky, bragger"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَهْيَاص (mahyāṣ, “cocky, bragger”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "מָחַץ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "makháts"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew מָחַץ (“makháts”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pms",
        "2": "mafio",
        "3": "",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Piedmontese mafio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "mafia"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian mafia",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Maybe from Arabic مَهْيَاص (mahyāṣ, “cocky, bragger”) (compare Hebrew מָחַץ (“makháts”) to crush, though Piedmontese mafio is considered another possible source. Compare Sicilian mafia for more.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mafie",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mafia f (plural mafie)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mà‧fia"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "87 11 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Mafia (International organized crime organization)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mafia-it-noun-gBTOisSj",
      "links": [
        [
          "Mafia",
          "Mafia"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mafia (Individual branch)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mafia-it-noun-GJn3~wNT",
      "links": [
        [
          "mafia",
          "mafia#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "arrogance"
      ],
      "id": "en-mafia-it-noun-4KwbHBMk",
      "links": [
        [
          "arrogance",
          "arrogance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.fja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-afja"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "maffia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mafia"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian feminine nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 11 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/afja",
    "Rhymes:Italian/afja/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mafioso"
    },
    {
      "word": "mafiologo"
    },
    {
      "word": "mafiosità"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Mafia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Mafia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Mafia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "mafya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: mafya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: mafya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "mafja",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Maltese: mafja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Maltese: mafja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "mafie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: mafie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: mafie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ма́фия",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ма́фия (máfija)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ма́фия (máfija)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mafia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: mafia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: mafia"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مَهْيَاص",
        "t": "cocky, bragger"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic مَهْيَاص (mahyāṣ, “cocky, bragger”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "מָחַץ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "makháts"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew מָחַץ (“makháts”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pms",
        "2": "mafio",
        "3": "",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Piedmontese mafio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "mafia"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian mafia",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Maybe from Arabic مَهْيَاص (mahyāṣ, “cocky, bragger”) (compare Hebrew מָחַץ (“makháts”) to crush, though Piedmontese mafio is considered another possible source. Compare Sicilian mafia for more.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mafie",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mafia f (plural mafie)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mà‧fia"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the Mafia (International organized crime organization)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mafia",
          "Mafia"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mafia (Individual branch)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mafia",
          "mafia#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "arrogance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arrogance",
          "arrogance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.fja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-afja"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "maffia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mafia"
}