"Arabised" names but not language

Arabsiyawi

HA Activist.
What about the word mafiiq, it sounds more Semitic than Cushitic.
I'm leaning towards a native Somali word. I can't find anything even remotely similar in Arabic.
It also follows a common Afroasiatic-inherited pattern like in
Arag>marag
Or in Afar with
Qab (to drink)>maqab (beverage)
*Afar /q/ is pronounced like Somali /c/*

A funny one might be tag>matag ? :drakekidding: I really don't know about this one but it fits the template lol.
 

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