sigaara

Afar

Sigaara.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِيجَارَة (sigāra), from Spanish cigarro. Compare Somali sigáar and Saho shigaará.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɡaːˈra/, [sɪɡaːˈɾʌ]
• Hyphenation: si‧gaa‧ra

Noun

sigaará f (plural sigaaroorí f)

1. cigarette

Declension

Declension of sigaará
absolutive	sigaará
predicative	sigaará
subjective	sigaará
genitive	sigaará
Postpositioned forms l-case sigaarál k-case sigaarák t-case sigaarát h-case sigaaráh

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “sigaara”, 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 38