Definition of short in Hausa

Example of short in a sentence

1. Gajere, gajarta
I only lived in Kano for a short period of time. na zauna a Kano ne kawai na ɗan gajeran lokaci.

People have short memories. mutane suna da gajeran hadda.

Chinese people are very short. mutanen ƙasar Sin suna da matuƙan gajarta.

A boy in short. yaro cikin gajerun kaya.

2. Ƙaranci
I'm going to buy a new house because the current one is short of space. zan siya sabon gida saboda wanda nake da shi a halin yanzu yana da ƙarancin faɗi.

Undoubtedly, Northern Nigeria is the largest food producer in the country but we are short on wheat. ko shakka babu arewacin Naijeriya shi ne kan-gaba gurin samar da abinci a ƙasar, amma muna fama da ƙarancin alkama.

I'm short of time to play game. bani da lokacin buga wasa.

Save enough money because you will be short of money one day. ka tara kuɗaɗe masu yawa domin zaka yi fama da rashin kuɗi wata rana.

Mangos are in short supply during cold seasons. mangwaro tana yin ƙaranci lokutan sanyi.

3. Cuta/tauye haƙƙi
They shorted them one million Naira by paying them ten thousand Naira for each cow that worth twenty thousand. sun cuce su Naira miliyan ɗaya ta hanyar biyansu Naira dubu goma akan kowace saniyar da kuɗinta ya kai dubu ishirin.

The contractor shorted them a total of three million Naira. ɗan kwangilan ya cucesu jimillan kuɗi har Naira miyan uku.

Synonyms (kalmomi masu alaƙa)
shortchange