talaka
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hausa ==
=== Etymology ===
From a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tá.là.kà/
(Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tə́.lə̀.kə̀]
=== Noun ===
talàkà m or f (plural talakāwā, possessed form talàkàn)
poor person, pauper
(often in pluralia tantum form) commoners, peasants, working class, proletariat
=== References ===
Kossmann, Maarten (2005), Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN
== Nupe ==
=== Etymology ===
From Hausa talàkà, from a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tá.là.kà/
=== Noun ===
tálàkà (plural tálàkàzhì)
poor person
Synonym: yàjìnci
Antonym: ewódeci
the working class
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ka
=== Noun ===
talaka class IX (plural talaka class X)
divorce
==== Related terms ====
-taliki (“to divorce”)
=== References ===
== Yoruba ==
=== Alternative forms ===
tálíkà
=== Etymology ===
From Hausa talàkà.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tá.lá.kà/
=== Noun ===
tálákà
poor person, pauper
Synonyms: akúṣẹ̀ẹ́, òtòṣì