وصيف

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Egyptian wdpw (waiter, servant).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.sˤiːf/

Noun

وَصِيف • (waṣīf) m (plural وُصَفَاء (wuṣafāʔ))

  1. a young man
  2. slave, serf
  3. servant

Declension

References

  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 32

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wsˤiːf/

Noun

وصيف (wṣīf) m

  1. slave, serf
  2. (derogatory, ethnic slur) black man
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