sigaara

Afar

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
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