ayari
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hausa ==
=== Etymology ===
Likely from Tayert ayəṛ (“Aïr; annual caravan from Aïr”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʔáː.jà.ríː/
(Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔáː.jɛ̀.ríː]
=== Noun ===
āyàr̃ī m (plural āyar̃ōr̃ī, possessed form āyàr̃in)
caravan
(by extension) a group of people going in the same direction
=== References ===
Kossmann, Maarten (2005), Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
== Swahili ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].
==== Noun ====
ayari class IX (plural ayari class X)
impostor, cheat
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].
==== Noun ====
ayari class IX (plural ayari class X)
anchor rope
===== Further reading =====
Copland, B. D. (1934), “Some Swahili Nautical Terms”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies[1], volume 7, number 2, →DOI, pages 377-380