Abubakar
"Father of the young camel", the Arabic honorific name Abu Bakr.
Meaning and origin
Abubakar is how Hausa and Fula speakers write Abu Bakr, the honorific by which the first caliph of Islam, a close companion and father-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, is known.
How to pronounce Abubakar
| Hausa (Nigeria) | ah-boo-BAH-kar /abuːˈbakar/ |
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