addu'a

See also: addua and Addua

Hausa

Etymology

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Arabic اَلْدُعَاء (al-duʕāʔ)bor.

Hausa addu'a

From Arabic اَلْدُعَاء (al-duʕāʔ, “the prayer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔàd.dú.ʔàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔàd.dɪ́.ʔàː]

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Noun

àddu'ā̀ f (plural addu'ō'ī, possessed form àddu'àr̃)

1. (religion) a prayer
   1. (Islam) a prayer that is not one of the five daily prayers

Descendants

• → Yoruba: àdúrà