talaka

From a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).

• IPA^(key): /tá.là.kà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tə́.lə̀.kə̀]

talàkà m or f (plural talakāwā, possessed form talàkàn)

1. poor person, pauper
2. (often in pluralia tantum form) commoners, peasants, working class, proletariat

• Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN

From Hausa talàkà, from a Berber language, e.g. Tamahaq taləqqe (“pauper”).

• IPA^(key): /tá.là.kà/

tálàkà (plural tálàkàzhì)

1. poor person

   Synonym: yàjìnci

   Antonym: ewódeci

2. the working class

Borrowed from Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq).

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• Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ka

talaka (n class, plural talaka)

1. divorce

• -taliki (“to divorce”)

• tálíkà

From Hausa talàkà.

• IPA^(key): /tá.lá.kà/

tálákà

1. poor person, pauper

   Synonyms: akúṣẹ̀ẹ́, òtòṣì