The Days Of The Week In Hausa (A West African language)

Segun Obayendo Foundation, Sept. 18, 2020

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The vlog host starts with sharing Hausa words such as the word for "today" and "week".

The Hausa language days of the week (written and pronunciation) are given at 1:16 to 2:43.

That vlog host then shares a song about the days of the week and then shares some additional Hausa
words.

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides information and a YouTube video about the Hausa names for the days of the week.

This post also gives the Arabic names for the days of the week for comparison purposes.

The content of this post is presented for linguistic and cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to Segun Obayendo Foundation, the host of this embedded YouTube vlog.

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HAUSA NAMES FOR THE DAYS OF THE WEEK

From https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-names-of-the-days-of-the-week-in-Hausa

Question: "What are the names of the days of the week in Hausa?"

Reply:

"Sunday = Lahdi

Monday= Litini

Tuesday = Talata

Wednesday = Laraba

Thursday = Alhamis

Friday = Jumma'a

Saturday = Asabar

All these names are derived from Arabic, if you compare"

-Usman Bakundi ,May 3, 2020

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This is just one of a number of replies on that page that gave the same names for the Hausa days of the week.
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A number of websites on baby names indicate that "Tanisha" and/or "Tani" are Hausa names that mean "born on Monday". People reading those websites might incorrectly assume that "Tanisha" or "Tani" means "Monday" in the Hausa language.

If those websites are correct that "Tanisha" and/or "Tani" are Hausa names, it appears that these names were made up from the Hausa day name "Litini". 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/02/some-hausa-west-african-language-day.html for a pancocojams post on Hausa day names (names that indicate which day of the week the person was born). 

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ARABIC NAMES FOR THE DAY OF THE WEEK

For comparison's sake, here are the Arabic names for the days of the week:

Monday الاثنين (al-ithnayn)

Tuesday الثلاثاء (ath-thulathaa)

Wednesday الأربعاء (al-arbi’aa)

Thursday الخميس (al-khamees)

Friday الجمعة (al-Jumu’ah)

Saturday السبت (as-Sabt)

Sunday الأحد (al-ahad)

 

Online source: https://marytn.medium.com/name-of-days-in-arabic-4541fc6c99f6

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