Where does “माफ़िया” come from?

माफ़िया (Hindi) comes from English mafia, from Italian Mafia — the Mafia (International organized crime organization).

माफ़िया (Hindi): the mafia

Definitions

  1. the mafia

Ancestry of “माफ़िया”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmafiaA hierarchically structured secret organisation...
2ItalianMafiathe Mafia (International organized crime organization)
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