tasiri

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic تَأْثِير (taʔṯīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /táː.síː.ɽìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [táː.síː.ɽìː]

Noun

tāsīrī̀ m (possessed form tāsīrìn)

1. influence, power
2. benefit, usefulness

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 199.