مرفعين

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

From Beja merfa'il. Cognate with Sudanese Arabic مرفعين (marfaʕīn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mar.fa.ʔiːn/

Noun

مرفعين • (marfa'īn) m (plural مرافعين (marāf'īn))

  1. hyena

References
  • Judith Heath, compiler (2016), Chadian Arabic - English Lexicon‎, N'Djamena, Chad: Association SIL, page 122
  • Leo Reinisch (1895) Wörterbuch der Beḍauye-Sprache‎ (in German), Wien, Austria, page 172
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