bishar̃a
Hausa
Etymology
From Arabic بِشَارَة (bišāra), calqued from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news, gospel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bì.ʃáː.ràː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bɪ̀.ʃáː.ràː]
Noun
bìshār̃ā̀ f (possessed form bìshār̃àr̃)
- good tidings
- (Christianity) the gospel
References
- Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 22.