bishar̃a

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Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بِشَارَة (bišāra), calqued from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news, gospel”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bì.ʃáː.ràː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bɪ̀.ʃáː.ràː]

Noun[edit]

bìshār̃ā̀ f (possessed form bìshār̃àr̃)

  1. good tidings
  2. (Christianity) the gospel

References[edit]

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 22.
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