jiha

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic جِهَة (jiha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(d)ʒí.hàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɪ́.hàː]

Noun

jihā̀ f (plural jihōhī, possessed form jihàr̃)

  1. region, state
  2. direction

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 99.

Manchu

Romanization

jiha

  1. romanization of ᠵᡳᡥᠠ
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