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ghafi: Arabic → Swahili · Lexodus

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ghafi

Plausibly from Arabic جافِي (jāfī, “harsh, rough, coarse”, chiefly of behaviour, but also of things). This is pronounced /ˈɡaːfi/ in most of Omani and parts of Yemeni Arabic. The Swahili gh would have to be a hyperforeignism.

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1800

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.