ayari

Hausa

Etymology

Likely from Tayert ayəṛ (“Aïr; annual caravan from Aïr”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔáː.jà.ríː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔáː.jɛ̀.ríː]

Noun

āyàr̃ī m (plural āyar̃ōr̃ī, possessed form āyàr̃in)

  1. caravan
  2. (by extension) a group of people going in the same direction

References
  • Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, ISSN 1618-1425
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