karanta

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Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Kanuri kǝra (“read”), likely via the verbal noun kǝratǝ́. The ultimate origin is likely a Berber language (cf. Tamahaq ăɣăr), but Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa) has also been suggested.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ká.ràn.táː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kə́.ràn.táː]

Verb[edit]

kar̃àntā (grade 1)

  1. read

References[edit]

  • Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
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