daktara

Afar

Etymology

Probably derived from English doctor. In any case shifted meaning from "physician" to "institution of physicians".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dakˈtara/ [dʌkʰˈtʌɾʌ]
• Hyphenation: dak‧ta‧ra

Noun

daktára m 

1. hospital

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)