bagara

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Juba Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بَقَرَة (baqara).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡaɾa/, [ˈba.ɡa.ɾa]

Noun[edit]

bagara (plural abugaar)

  1. cow

References[edit]

  • Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English[1], 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 124

Nubi[edit]

Bagara

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بَقَرَة (baqara).

Noun[edit]

bágara

  1. cow
    jeriba bagara, de ya bakan al gukutu fogo bagara.
    a cattle pen is a place in which cows are put.

References[edit]

  • Ineke Wellens (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN, page 114