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South African, Durban, Indian slang terminology
To apologize
Guy 1: Maaf about that speech we had earlier ekse
Guy 2: yah no stress Bru. All hundreds
Maaf by Yankee Sierra November 2, 2021
Related Words
maaf maafa maafan maafed Maafen Maafushi
Maafa is a Kiswahili for term meaning "Great Disaster. It has come to be associated with the era of the European and Arab slave trade. The resulting effect on African people: over 100 million people lost their lives and their descendants have been systematically and continuously assaulted through institutionalized anti-Africanism.

Ubuntu is the opposite of Maafa and was the dominant paradigm in Africa leading up to it.
Examples of the Maafa include Jim Crow segregation, lynching, apartheid, colonialism, neo-colonialism, lynching, forced sterilizations, slavery, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome and Stockholm syndrome.
maafa by Bendera Ya Taifa March 19, 2014
Maafan - pronounced ma'afan, taken from arabic and often used in hebrew language.
means something or someone from a low level or quality.
often used in slang or street language
example:
This is just a maafan watch
maafan by brynnson September 26, 2007
When your pulling a rolling backpack and some sticks their foot in the way tipping it over making all your stuff fall out.
What the heck you just maafed me!
maafed by minecraftking65 June 13, 2018
An arab name translating to beautiful and graceful
Guy 1: “hey did you see that kid maafen?”
Guy 2: yeah his name means beautiful in arabic
Guy 1: damn that’s cool
Maafen by Koolarabicdude June 5, 2019
Maafushi is distinguished from Yourfushi by ownership. Maafushi is the fushi belonging to me. Yourfushi is that which belongs to you. Not to be confused with Mifushi, which is another thing entirely.
I went to the beach, there's sand in Maafushi!
Maafushi by avocadaavocado March 30, 2021