tafsiri
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hausa ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tàf.síː.rìː/
(Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tàɸ.síː.rìː]
=== Noun ===
tàfsīr̃ī̀ m (possessed form tàfsīr̃ìn)
interpretation or commentary on the Qur'an
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, “explanation, commentary”).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
tafsiri class IX (plural tafsiri class X)
translation
interpretation, explanation
=== Verb ===
-tafsiri (infinitive kutafsiri)
to translate
to explain
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
Verbal derivations:
Applicative: -tafsiria
Causative: -tafsirisha
Passive: -tafsiriwa
Stative: -tafsirika
Nominal derivations:
mtafsiri
==== Related terms ====
-fasiri
=== References ===
Mpemba, Titus (2015), “On Defining Interpreting and Translation: An Ordinary Language and Terminological Analysis of the Current Meanings of Kiswahili Terms Ukalimani and Tafsiri”, in Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education[1], volume 9, number 1, pages 37-59