bishar̃a

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic بِشَارَة (bišāra), calqued from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news, gospel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bì.ʃáː.ràː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bɪ̀.ʃáː.ràː]

Noun

bìshār̃ā̀ f (possessed form bìshār̃àr̃)

1. good tidings
2. (Christianity) the gospel

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 22.