alhamis

English translation: Thursday

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Hausa term or phrase:alhamis
English translation:Thursday
Entered by: Chinoise

03:16 Aug 29, 2002
Hausa to English translations [Non-PRO]
Hausa term or phrase: alhamis
i want to know what this word means in english its ritten in english but its an arabic word now i wold like a ruff translation if u can
karl
Thursday
Explanation:
Thursday
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Chinoise
Local time: 16:47
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4 +2Thursday
Chinoise
3Thursday?
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Thursday


Explanation:
Thursday

Chinoise
Local time: 16:47
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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agree  airmailrpl: www.hausavoices.com/names/
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agree  Anna Bittner
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Thursday?


Explanation:
Karl, the online dictionary listed below explains that alhamis is a Hausa word that is often written in Arabic. Since I don't know Arabic, I can't tell you if it's also an Arabic word.

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Note added at 2002-08-29 03:37:39 (GMT)
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Hausa is the Chadic language of the Hausa people widely used in western Africa as a trade language. The Hausas are a people of northern Nigeria and southern Niger. - Merriam Webster\'s

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Note added at 2002-08-29 04:21:06 (GMT)
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Another online Hausa dictionary:

http://www.univie.ac.at/afrikanistik/oracle/sqle2.cgi


    Reference: http://www.hausavoices.com/names/
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 13:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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sorry but i was looking for the arabic translation
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Comment: sorry but i was looking for the arabic translation



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