daktara

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Afar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably derived from English doctor. In any case shifted meaning from "physician" to "institution of physicians".

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dakˈtara/, [dʌkʰˈtʌɾʌ]
  • Hyphenation: dak‧ta‧ra

Noun[edit]

daktára m 

  1. hospital

References[edit]

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)