dogari

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Hausa[edit]

FWOTD – 12 October 2021
Dogarin Zazzau. (Bodyguard of the emir of Zazzau.)

Etymology[edit]

From dṑgarà (“entrust, rely on”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dòː.ɡá.ɽìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [dòː.ɡə́.ɽìː]

Noun[edit]

dṑgarī̀ m (plural dṑgàrai or dōgarāwā, possessed form dṑgarìn)

  1. bodyguard of an emir

References[edit]

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

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

dogari

  1. plural of dogar
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