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