Ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).

• IPA^(key): /má.sál.láː.t͡ʃíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mə́.sál.láː.t͡ʃíː]

masallācī m (plural màsàllā̀tai, possessed form masallācin)

1. mosque (place of worship for Muslims)

• → Yoruba: mọ́ṣáláṣí, mọ́sálásí

• Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 152.