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Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /umˈmaːn/
- Hyphenation: um‧maan
Determiner
ummáan
- all, every
Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 3:Ummaan ginoh Fulte Racmatta leeh, yeemene marah Gunê Racmatta-le Rabbi kinni.- He surpasses the mercy of every creation, he is the God who gives mercy to the believing people.
References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ummaan”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)