sarki

From Hausa sarkī.

sarki (plural sarkis)

1. (Nigeria) The emir of a Hausa-Fulani emirate.

• sarkiship

• Krisa, Sikar, kisra, krais, raiks, rakis, raksi

Compare Warji sààrá (“emir”).

• IPA^(key): /sáɽ.kíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sáɽ.cíː]

sarkī m (feminine saraunìyā, plural sarākunā̀ or sàràkai, possessed form sarkin)

1. emir, king, chief
2. boss, leader
3. (card games) ace

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɒrki]
• Hyphenation: sar‧ki
• Rhymes: -ki

sark (“pole”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

sarki (not comparable)

1. polar, arctic

   sarki fény ― aurora

   a hosszú sarki éjszaka ― the long polar night

sarok (“corner; heel”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

sarki (not comparable)

1. corner (attributive)

   sarki lámpaoszlop ― corner lamp post

• sarki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

sarki

1. plural of sarko

sarki

1. second-person singular past indicative of sarkt

From English shark.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsar.ki/

sarki

1. shark