nafasi

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nafasi

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Borrowed from Arabic نَفَس (nafas).

noun nafasi

  1. class ix chance, opportunity

    Similar: fursa, wasaa, mwanya

  2. class ix space (extent of time or space)
  3. class ix time

In English

  • time quantity of availability in time
  • opportunity favorable circumstance or occasion
  • chance an opportunity or possibility
  • space bounded or specific physical extent

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"nafasi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/nafasi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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nafasi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/nafasi

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"nafasi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/nafasi.

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@misc{nafasi_2026,
  title = {nafasi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/nafasi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-nafasi.flac.