dogari

Hausa

FWOTD – 12 October 2021

Dogarin Zazzau. (Bodyguard of the emir of Zazzau.)

Etymology

From dṑgarà (“entrust, rely on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dòː.ɡá.ɽìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [dòː.ɡə́.ɽìː]

Noun

dṑgarī̀ m (plural dṑgàrai or dōgarāwā, possessed form dṑgarìn)

1. bodyguard of an emir

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN.

Romanian

Noun

dogari

1. plural of dogar