arba'in

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Hausa[edit]

Hausa numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: gṑmiyā huɗu
    Arabic-derived cardinal: àr̃bà'in

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْبَعِين (ʔarbaʕīn).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔàr.bà.ʔín/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔàr.bə̀.ʔɪ́ŋ]

Numeral[edit]

àr̃bà'in f

  1. forty

Synonyms[edit]

Noun[edit]

àr̃bà'in f

  1. the forty-day period after a woman gives birth