azumi

See also: Azumi

Hausa

Etymology

From Tuareg, e.g. Tamasheq ăẓum, from Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.zù.míː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.zɪ̀.míː]

Noun

azùmī m (possessed form azùmin)

1. a fast (especially that of Ramadan)

References

• Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN