منيك

Borrowed from French maniaque or its English analogue maniac, but reinterpreted as a derivative of the root ن ي ك (n y k), which is why it is understood as vulgar and why sense 3 and sense 4 were innovated. The word's pattern, مَفْعَل (maCCaC), exists natively but is used for nouns of place and tool nouns.

• IPA^(key): /man.jak/, [ˈman.jak]

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منيك • (manyak) m (plural منايك (manāyik))

2. (vulgar) mean, rude, dishonest or dishonourable person
4. (vulgar) knave; psycho, maniac
6. (vulgar, derogatory) bottom (recipient of homosexual intercourse)
8. (vulgar, derogatory) faggot

• Can be used in sense 1 and sense 2 (even jocularly as a friendly insult) without calling to mind sense 3 or sense 4.