asiri

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic سِرّ‎ (sirr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔà.síː.ríː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔà.síː.ríː]

Noun

àsīr̃ī m (plural àsī̀r̃ai, possessed form àsīr̃in)

secret
charm, magic spell

Descendants

Yoruba: àṣírí
Nupe: àsiri; àshiri

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic أَثِيرِي‎ (ʾaṯīrī), أَثَارَ‎ (ʾaṯāra, “to arouse, to incite; to provoke; to irritate”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈasiri/
Rhymes: -ri, -i
Hyphenation: asi‧ri

Adjective

asiri

volatile: evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
Synonym: eteris

Alternative forms

atsiri

References

Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, OCLC 29420936

Further reading

“asiri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Nupe

Alternative forms

àshiri

Etymology

From Hausa àsīr̃ī, ultimately from Arabic سِرّ‎ (sirr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.sī.ɾī/

Noun

àsiri (plural àsirizhì)

secret

Derived terms

àsirisó (“secret hiding”)

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