Balarabe

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Hausa[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From ba- +‎ Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bà.láː.rá.bèː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bə̀.láː.rə́.bèː]

Noun[edit]

Bàlār̃abḕ m (feminine Bàlār̃abìyā, plural Lār̃abāwā, possessed form Bàlār̃abèn)

  1. Arab

Etymology 2[edit]

From Lā̀r̃àbā (“Wednesday”), with conflation from etymology 1.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bà.láː.rá.bè/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bə̀.láː.rə́.bè]

Proper noun[edit]

Bàlār̃abè m

  1. a male given name given to a boy born on a Wednesday
Related terms[edit]
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