karanta

== Hausa == === Etymology === From Kanuri kǝra (“read”), likely via the verbal noun kǝratǝ́. The ultimate origin is likely a Berber language (cf. Tamahaq ăɣăr), but Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa) has also been suggested. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ká.ràn.táː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kə́.ràn.táː] === Verb === kar̃àntā (grade 1) to read ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Kossmann, Maarten (2005), Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN