caalat

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَالَة (ḥāla, “condition, state”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈħaːlat/ [ˈħaːlʌʰt]
• Hyphenation: caa‧lat

Noun

cáalat m 

1. temperament, character

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)