daktara
Afar
Etymology
Probably derived from English doctor. In any case shifted meaning from "physician" to "institution of physicians".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʌkʰˈtʌɾʌ/
Noun
daktára m
- hospital
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)