kashfa

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kashfa

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Borrowed from Arabic كَشْف (kašf, “unveiling, uncovering”). The pejorative meaning comes from Godfrey Dale (1861–1941, Christian missionary in Zanzibar 1889–1925) publishing a translation of the Qurʾān into Swahili in 1923, widely suspected to be inaccurate.

noun kashfa · kashifa

archaic, class ix uncovering, unveiling, exposing
class ix scandal (incident that brings disgrace)
class ix slander, libel, insult kashfa za dini

In English

slander false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
scandal incident that brings disgrace

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@misc{kashfa_2026,
  title = {kashfa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kashfa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}