asiri

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Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic سِرّ (sirr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔà.síː.ríː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key):

Noun

àsīr̃ī m (plural àsī̀r̃ai, possessed form àsīr̃in)

  1. secret
  2. charm, magic spell

Descendants

  • Yoruba: àṣírí
  • Nupe: àsiri; àshiri

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic أَثِيرِي (ʔaṯīrī), أَثَارَ (ʔaṯāra, “to arouse, to incite; to provoke; to irritate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈasiri/
  • Rhymes: -ri, -i
  • Hyphenation: asi‧ri

Adjective

asiri

  1. volatile: evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
    Synonym: eteris

Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Nupe

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hausa àsīr̃ī, ultimately from Arabic سِرّ (sirr).

Pronunciation

Noun

àsiri (plural àsirizhì)

  1. secret

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