"anfaani" meaning in Yoruba

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Noun

IPA: /à.ŋ̀.fàà.nĩ́/ Forms: àǹfààní [canonical], انفَانِ [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hausa anfani (“profit, to gain advantage”), cognate with Baatonum arufãani and Nupe àǹfàni. Etymology templates: {{bor+|yo|ha|anfani|t=profit, to gain advantage}} Borrowed from Hausa anfani (“profit, to gain advantage”), {{cog|bba|arufãani}} Baatonum arufãani, {{cog|nup|àǹfàni}} Nupe àǹfàni Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=àǹfààní|head2=}} àǹfààní, {{yo-pos|noun|àǹfààní|}} àǹfààní, {{yo-noun|àǹfààní}} àǹfààní
  1. advantage, privilege, benefit
    Sense id: en-anfaani-yo-noun-Nn8WcGCu Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header
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        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ha",
        "3": "anfani",
        "t": "profit, to gain advantage"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Hausa anfani (“profit, to gain advantage”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bba",
        "2": "arufãani"
      },
      "expansion": "Baatonum arufãani",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nup",
        "2": "àǹfàni"
      },
      "expansion": "Nupe àǹfàni",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hausa anfani (“profit, to gain advantage”), cognate with Baatonum arufãani and Nupe àǹfàni.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "àǹfààní",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "انفَانِ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
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      "name": "head"
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        "3": ""
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      "args": {
        "1": "àǹfààní"
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  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        "advantage, privilege, benefit"
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        ],
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/à.ŋ̀.fàà.nĩ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anfaani"
}
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        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ha",
        "3": "anfani",
        "t": "profit, to gain advantage"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Hausa anfani (“profit, to gain advantage”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bba",
        "2": "arufãani"
      },
      "expansion": "Baatonum arufãani",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "nup",
        "2": "àǹfàni"
      },
      "expansion": "Nupe àǹfàni",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hausa anfani (“profit, to gain advantage”), cognate with Baatonum arufãani and Nupe àǹfàni.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "àǹfààní",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "انفَانِ",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "head2": ""
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "àǹfààní",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "àǹfààní",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "àǹfààní"
      },
      "expansion": "àǹfààní",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba nouns",
        "Yoruba terms borrowed from Hausa",
        "Yoruba terms derived from Hausa",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "advantage, privilege, benefit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage"
        ],
        [
          "privilege",
          "privilege"
        ],
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/à.ŋ̀.fàà.nĩ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anfaani"
}

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