fasiki

See also: fasiƙi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَاسِق (fāsiq).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

fasiki class I/IX (plural fasiki class II/X or mafasiki class II/X)

  1. sinner, immoral person

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 233 Nr. 2146