bagara

Juba Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَقَرَة (baqara).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡaɾa/, [ˈba.ɡa.ɾa]

Noun

bagara

  1. cow

References
  • Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎, 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 124

Nubi

Etymology

From Arabic بَقَرَة (baqara).

Noun

bágara

  1. cow
    jeriba bagara, de ya bakan al gukutu fogo bagara.
    a cattle pen is a place in which cows are put.

References
  • Ineke Wellens (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN, page 114
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