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Borrowed from Arabic عُذْر (ʕuḏr).
- IPA(key): /ʔú.zù.ríː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔʊ́.zɪ̀.ríː]
uzùr̃ī m (possessed form uzùr̃in)
- excuse
From u- + -zuri (“beautiful, good”).
uzuri class XI (no plural)
- goodness (state or characteristic of being good)
- Antonym: ubaya
- beauty
