state

Noun

Singular state

Plural states

1. A state is a condition or a situation. <> hali / halaye, matsayi.

   his state of health <> halin jikinsa = matsayin lafiyarsa.

   He went into his garden in a state (of mind) unjust to his soul: He said, "I deem not that this will ever perish, <> Kuma ya shiga gonarsa, alhali yana mai zalunci ga kansa, ya ce: "Ba ni zaton wannan za ta halaka har abada." --Qur'an 18:35

2. a division or region within a country. <> jiha (jihohi), birni

   I GREW UP on my grandfather’s cotton farm in the state of Georgia, U.S.A., during the Great Depression of the 1930’s. <> Na girma a gonar audugar kakana a birnin Georgia, a Amirka, a lokacin da tattalin arziki ta taɓarɓare a shekara ta 1930 zuwa 1939.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) state

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) states

Past tense (ya wuce) stated

Past participle (ya wuce) stated

Present participle (ana cikin yi) stating

1. furta, bayyana.