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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Eastern African, Popular Culture
Meaning & History
Means "friend, comrade" in Swahili. This Swahili word is derived from Arabic رَفِيق (rafīq) "companion" (see Rafiq). This is the name of the baboon mentor of Simba and Mufasa in the Disney movie 'The Lion King' (1994).