Where does “alhanzir” come from?

alhanzir (Hausa) comes from Arabic خنزير, from Aramaic חֲזִירָא.

alhanzir (Hausa): warthog

Definitions

  1. warthog

Ancestry of “alhanzir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicخنزيرpig, swine, hog
2Aramaicחֲזִירָא—
Every word from Aramaic חֲזִירָא →Every word from Arabic خنزير →