"malam" meaning in Hausa

See malam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /máː.làm/, [máː.làŋ] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: mālàm [canonical, masculine], mālàmā [feminine], mā̀làmai [plural]
Etymology: A clipping of malami. Head templates: {{ha-noun|m|mālàm|mā̀làmai|f=mālàmā}} mālàm m (feminine mālàmā, plural mā̀làmai)
  1. mister, Mr.
    Sense id: en-malam-ha-noun-ngW-9yL- Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Titles
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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "malami",
      "malami#Hausa"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A clipping of malami.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mālàm",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mālàmā",
      "links": [
        [
          "mālàmā",
          "malama"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mā̀làmai",
      "links": [
        [
          "mā̀làmai",
          "malamai"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "mālàm",
        "3": "mā̀làmai",
        "f": "mālàmā"
      },
      "expansion": "mālàm m (feminine mālàmā, plural mā̀làmai)",
      "name": "ha-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hausa",
  "lang_code": "ha",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 10 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ha",
          "name": "Titles",
          "orig": "ha:Titles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mister, Mr."
      ],
      "id": "en-malam-ha-noun-ngW-9yL-",
      "links": [
        [
          "mister",
          "mister"
        ],
        [
          "Mr.",
          "Mr."
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/máː.làm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[máː.làŋ]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "malam"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "malami",
      "malami#Hausa"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A clipping of malami.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mālàm",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mālàmā",
      "links": [
        [
          "mālàmā",
          "malama"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mā̀làmai",
      "links": [
        [
          "mā̀làmai",
          "malamai"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "mālàm",
        "3": "mā̀làmai",
        "f": "mālàmā"
      },
      "expansion": "mālàm m (feminine mālàmā, plural mā̀làmai)",
      "name": "ha-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hausa",
  "lang_code": "ha",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hausa lemmas",
        "Hausa masculine nouns",
        "Hausa nouns",
        "Hausa palindromes",
        "Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 10 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ha:Titles"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mister, Mr."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mister",
          "mister"
        ],
        [
          "Mr.",
          "Mr."
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/máː.làm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[máː.làŋ]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "malam"
}

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