affara

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic, from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognates include Arabic أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa), Somali áfar, Oromo afur and Saho afar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afːaˈra/ [ʔʌfːʌˈɾʌ]
  • Hyphenation: af‧fa‧ra

Noun

affará

  1. genitive of feréy, faréy

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “ferey”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004), Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 77
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 195
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