From Kanuri kǝra (“read”), likely via the verbal noun kǝratǝ́. The ultimate origin is likely a Berber language (cf. Tamahaq ăɣăr), but Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa) has also been suggested.
- IPA(key): /ká.ràn.táː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kə́.ràn.táː]
kar̃àntā (grade 1)
- read
- Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN