asiri
Hausa
Etymology
From Arabic سِرّ (sirr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔà.síː.ríː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔà.síː.ríː]
Noun
àsīr̃ī m (plural àsī̀r̃ai, possessed form àsīr̃in)
- secret
- charm, magic spell
Descendants
- Yoruba: àṣírí
- Nupe: àsiri; àshiri
Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic أَثِيرِي (ʾaṯīrī), أَثَارَ (ʾaṯāra, “to arouse, to incite; to provoke; to irritate”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈasiri/
- Rhymes: -ri, -i
- Hyphenation: asi‧ri
Adjective
asiri
- volatile: evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
- Synonym: eteris
Alternative forms
- atsiri
References
- Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, OCLC 29420936
Further reading
- “asiri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Nupe
Alternative forms
- àshiri
Etymology
From Hausa àsīr̃ī, ultimately from Arabic سِرّ (sirr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.sī.ɾī/
Noun
àsiri (plural àsirizhì)
- secret
Derived terms
- àsirisó (“secret hiding”)