takarda

== Hausa == === Etymology === From a Berber language; compare Tamahaq tăkarḍe, Ghadames takərḍa. From Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās), from Aramaic קַרְטֵיסָא / ܩܪܛܝܣܐ (qarṭīsā), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tá.kàr.dáː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tə́.kàr.dáː] === Noun === takàr̃dā f (plural tàkàr̃dū, possessed form takàr̃dar̃) paper ==== Descendants ==== → Nupe: tákàda → Zarma: takàrdà → Yoruba: tákàdá → Koyraboro Senni: takadda → Lela: k'tákà̱llá (“book”) → Hun: taku̱rda (“book, paper”), tadarka (“book, paper”), takarada (“book, paper”) → Fungwa: tákàdá (“book”) → Ron: kaada (“book”) === References === Kossmann, Maarten (2005), Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN