azurfa

Hausa

Etymology

From Tuareg, e.g. Tamasheq aẓrəf, from Proto-Berber *a-ẓrəf.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔá.zùr.fáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔá.zɪ̀r.ɸáː]

Noun

azùr̃fā f (possessed form azùr̃far̃)

  1. silver

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