takarda

Hausa

Etymology

From a Berber language; compare Tamahaq tăkarḍe, Ghadames takərḍa. From Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās), from Aramaic קַרְטֵיסָא / ܩܪܛܝܣܐ (qarṭīsā), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tá.kàr.dáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tə́.kàr.dáː]

Noun

takàr̃dā f (plural tàkàr̃dū, possessed form takàr̃dar̃)

1. paper

Descendants

• → Nupe: tákàda
• → Zarma: takàrdà
• → Yoruba: tákàdá
• → Koyraboro Senni: takadda
• → Lela: k'tákà̱llá (“book”)
• → Hun: taku̱rda (“book, paper”), tadarka (“book, paper”), takarada (“book, paper”)
• → Fungwa: tákàdá (“book”)
• → Ron: kaada (“book”)

References

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