hankali

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hán.kà.lì/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [háŋ.kə̀.lɪ̀]

Noun

hankàlì m (plural hankulā̀, possessed form hankàlìn)

1. good sense

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 85.