ayari
Hausa
Etymology
Likely from Tayert ayəṛ (“Aïr; annual caravan from Aïr”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔáː.jà.ríː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔáː.jɛ̀.ríː]
Noun
āyàr̃ī m (plural āyar̃ōr̃ī, possessed form āyàr̃in)
- caravan
- (by extension) a group of people going in the same direction
References
- Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, ISSN 1618-1425