mafari

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /má.fá.ɽíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mə́.ɸə́.ɽíː]

Noun

mafárī m (plural mafàrai, possessed form mafárin)

1. origin, beginning
2. reason, cause

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 144.