Halimatu
Meaning "gentle, patient", the Hausa form of the Arabic name Halima.
Meaning and origin
Halimatu reached Hausa naming through Islam as the local rendering of the Arabic Halima, with the feminine ending -tu that Hausa often attaches to borrowed Arabic names ending in -a, as with Aminatu and Fatimatu.
How to pronounce Halimatu
| Hausa (Nigeria) | hah-lee-MAH-too /halimaːtu/ |
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