burtukan

Afar

Burtukan.

Etymology

Borrowed either from Amharic ብርቱካን (bərtukan) or directly from Arabic بُرْتُقَان (burtuqān). Compare Sidamo burtukaane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /burtuˈkan/, [bʊɾtʊˈkʌn]
• Hyphenation: bur‧tu‧kan

Noun

burtukán m 

1. orange (fruit)

Declension

Declension of burtukán
absolutive	burtukán
predicative	burtukáana
subjective	burtukán
genitive	burtukán
Postpositioned forms l-case burtukáanal k-case burtukáanak t-case burtukáanat h-case burtukáanah

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “burtukan”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN