masallaci

Hausa

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /má.sál.láː.t͡ʃíː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [mə́.sál.láː.t͡ʃíː]

Noun

masallācī m (plural màsàllā̀tai, possessed form masallācin)

  1. mosque (place of worship for Muslims)

Descendants

  • → Yoruba: mọ́ṣáláṣí, mọ́sálásí

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 152.
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