puzzle

ɗaurin gwarmai

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭzʹəl IPA: /ˈpʌzəl/
• SAMPA: /"pVz@l/

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Noun

Singular puzzle

Plural puzzles

A jigsaw puzzle.

1. (countable) A puzzle is a game to try to put pieces together. <> ɗaurin gwarmai [1]. zaurance [2].

   I just have completed a puzzle with 1,000 pieces.

2. abu mai ɗaure wa kai. mai wuya a gane. <> an enigma, a riddle, something or someone difficult to understand.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) puzzle

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) puzzles

Past tense (ya wuce) puzzled

Past participle (ya wuce) puzzled

Present participle (ana cikin yi) puzzling

1. (transitive) If something puzzles somebody, it confuses that person

   This math problem puzzles me.