affara

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic, from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognates include Arabic أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa), Somali áfar, Oromo afur and Saho afar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afːaˈra/, [ʔʌfːʌˈɾʌ]
• Hyphenation: af‧fa‧ra

Noun

affará

1. genitive of feréy, faréy

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ferey”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 77
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 195