talaka
Hausa
editEtymology
editFrom a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittalàkà m or f (plural talakāwā, possessed form talàkàn)
- poor person, pauper
- (often in pluralia tantum form) commoners, peasants, working class, proletariat
References
editNupe
editEtymology
editFrom Hausa talàkà, from a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittálàkà (plural tálàkàzhì)
- poor person
- the working class
Swahili
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittalaka (n class, plural talaka)
Related terms
edit- -taliki (“to divorce”)
References
edit- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192 Nr. 1715
Yoruba
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittálákà
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- ha:People
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- sw:Law
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- yo:People