"nafsi" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-nafsi.flac [Kenya] Forms: nafsi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic نَفْس (nafs). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|نَفْس|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic نَفْس (nafs), {{bor+|sw|ar|نَفْس}} Borrowed from Arabic نَفْس (nafs), {{root|sw|ar|ن ف س}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} nafsi, {{sw-noun|n}} nafsi (n class, plural nafsi)
  1. soul (the spirit or essence of a person that lives on after the person's death) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Folklore, People
    Sense id: en-nafsi-sw-noun-9exyYZe7 Disambiguation of Folklore: 46 54 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
  2. self Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Folklore
    Sense id: en-nafsi-sw-noun-BsYEszKz Disambiguation of Folklore: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Religion
Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0

Download JSON data for nafsi meaning in Swahili (2.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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