talaka
Hausa edit
Etymology edit
From a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
talàkà m or f (plural talakāwā, possessed form talàkàn)
- poor person, pauper
- (often in pluralia tantum form) commoners, peasants, working class, proletariat
References edit
Nupe edit
Etymology edit
From Hausa talàkà, from a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tálàkà (plural tálàkàzhì)
- poor person
- the working class
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file) - Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ka
Noun edit
talaka (n class, plural talaka)
Related terms edit
- -taliki (“to divorce”)
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tálákà