talaka
Hausa
Etymology
From a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).
Pronunciation
Noun
talàkà m or f (plural talakāwā, possessed form talàkàn)
- poor person, pauper
- (often in pluralia tantum form) commoners, peasants, working class, proletariat
References
- Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
Nupe
Etymology
From Hausa talàkà, from a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tá.là.kà/
Noun
tálàkà (plural tálàkàzhì)
- poor person
- Synonym: yàjìnci
- Antonym: ewódeci
- the working class
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file) - Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ka
Noun
talaka class IX (plural talaka class X)
Related terms
- -taliki (“to divorce”)
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192 Nr. 1715
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tá.lá.kà/
Noun
tálákà