azumi

See also: Azumi

Hausa

Etymology

From Tuareg, e.g. Tamasheq ăẓum, from Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔá.zù.míː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔá.zɪ̀.míː]

Noun

azùmī m (possessed form azùmin)

  1. a fast (especially that of Ramadan)

References
  • Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
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