takarda

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Hausa

Etymology

From a Berber language; compare Tamahaq tăkarḍe, Ghadames takərḍa. From Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās), from Aramaic קַרְטֵיסָא / ܩܪܛܝܣܐ (qarṭīsā), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

takàr̃dā f (plural tàkàr̃dū, possessed form takàr̃dar̃)

  1. paper

Descendants

  • → Nupe: tákàda
  • → Zarma: takàrdà
  • → Yoruba: tákàdá
  • → Koyraboro Senni: takadda

References

  • Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
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