name

suna

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈneɪm/
• SAMPA: /"neIm/

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Noun

Singular name

Plural names

Tilo suna

Jam'i sunaye

1. A name is what a person, place, or thing is called or how it is identified. <> suna, laƙabi.
   1. My name is Ibrahim. <> Suna na Ibrahim.
   2. In the name of Allah , the entirely merciful, the especially merciful. <> da sunan Allah, mai rahama, mai jin ƙai. --Qur'an 1:1

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) name

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) names

Past tense (ya wuce) named

Past participle (ya wuce) named

Present participle (ana cikin yi) naming

1. (transitive) To name is to give a name to someone, someplace, or something. <> Bawa abu ko mutum ko halitta suna. kira. laƙabawa.
   • Synonym: nickname
   1. She named her cat Fluffy. <> Ta bawa kyanwar ta sunan Fluffy.
   2. Buhari ya laƙabawa El-Rufai suna "Katafila" <> Buhari named El-Rufai the "Caterpillar" [1]