harafi
Hausa
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edithar̃àfī m (plural har̃ufā̀ or hàr̃àfai, possessed form har̃àfin)
- letter (of the alphabet)
Descendants
editYoruba
editEtymology
editLikely borrowed from Hausa har̃àfī, ultimately from Arabic حَرْف (ḥarf, “letter”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editháràfí • (Ajami Spelling هَرَفِ or حَرَفِ)
- letter (of the alphabet)
- Synonym: lẹ́tà
- Háràfí kìíní lédè Yorùbá jẹ́ "A" ― The first letter in the Yoruba language is "A"
References
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- Hausa terms borrowed from Arabic
- Hausa terms derived from Arabic
- Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hausa lemmas
- Hausa nouns
- Hausa masculine nouns
- ha:Letters, symbols, and punctuation
- Yoruba terms borrowed from Hausa
- Yoruba terms derived from Hausa
- Yoruba terms derived from Arabic
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- Yoruba terms with usage examples