Where does “agbara” come from?

agbara (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba àrà, from Arabic رَعْد — thunder.

agbara (Yoruba): wooden fence

Definitions

  1. wooden fence

Ancestry of “agbara”, step by step

agbara traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba àrà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaàràbody
2Arabicرَعْدthunder

via Proto-Bantu à-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord

via Yoruba gbé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubagbé
Every word from Arabic رَعْد
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