nʒar

Noun n.

Translations

Français: Narine
English: nostril
العربية: فتحة الأنف

Source : Christiansen-Bolli (2010), p. 250 — French and Arabic meanings translated from English, to be checked by the community

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Hamadine AG MOCTAR (n.d.). nʒar (nostril). Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary. https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1921-nzhar (accessed 2026-10-18)

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@misc{moctarnostril,
  author = {Hamadine AG MOCTAR},
  title = {{nʒar (nostril)}},
  howpublished = {Tadaksahak–French–English–Arabic dictionary},
  url = {https://hamadine-services.net/en/dictionnaire/1921-nzhar},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}

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… :...’ and is in this form mostly pointing ahead in time, i.e. has a cataphoric function. (10) a₌ddá [h(e) óoda] [éelaw ǝn 3s₌do elephant thing DEM.NEAR GEN t-í-nʒar] ... a₌ss-og(á) áŋga 3s₌CAUS-approach 3s.EMP F-PL-nostril he did this: he approached it (the hot grease) to Elephant’s nostrils… KCH and KS have a demonstrative /woo/ (Heath 1999a:82; 1999b:97) that can occur together with an emphatic particle /da/ in Gao (Heath 1999b:133, 265). One hypothesis is that óoda ‘this’ …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 167
… -PL [ǝn-sǝ-yáhar] EXM-NEG.IMPERF-be.covered pots that are not covered... f) [a-ẓúbara nn éeʃam] [ǝn-tǝ-huur(ú) áy₌n SG-warthog GEN EXM-FUT-enter fat 3s₌GEN t-í-nʒar] F-PL-nostril kor-korr-í DUP-be.hot-ADJZR (except) hot warthog fat that enters his trunk g) hawrú meat [nǝ-nǝ-hina EXM-NEG.PERF-cook húllǝn] much (he eats) meat that is not well cooked. h) Iyyá [cíidaw ǝn hé yes fó] bird GEN thing IND [nǝ-nǝ-faṛǝṛ] EXM-NEG.PERF-be.important yes, a little bird that is not important …

Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 247

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