تكروني

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Hijazi Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A relative adjective (nisba) derived from Takrur with some corruption + ي (-i).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

تكروني • (takrūni) (feminine تكرونية (takrūniyya), common plural تكارنة (takārna))

  1. (dated) Having the characteristics of a تكروني.
  2. (ethnic slur, by extension) Extremely black.

Noun[edit]

تكروني • (takrūni) m (plural تكارنة (takārna), feminine تكرونية (takrūniyya))

  2. (dated) A pilgrim of Mecca of a West African ancestry, especially when becomes naturalized or a permanent resident.
  3. (ethnic slur, by extension) An extremely black person.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 'Umar Al-Naqar (1969) “Takrur the History of a Name”, in The Journal of African History‎[1], volume 10, number 3, →ISSN, pages 365-374
  2. ^ Wolbert Smidt (2010) “Tukrir”, in Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 4, pages 998-1000
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