copyright

hakkin mallaka, hakkin wallafa

Other spellings

• ©

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈkɑpiˌraɪt/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒpiˌraɪt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: copy‧right

Noun

Singular copyright

Plural copyrights

The copyright symbol

1. (countable & uncountable) Copyright is the rights given to a creator to protect their work from other uses.
   1. Star Wars' copyright is held by Lucasfilm.
      
      
   2. Images subject to copyright. <> Dukkan hotunan suna dauke da hakkin mallaka. --bbchausa verticals/pics
      
      
   3. (Romans 13:4) Such copying is also stealing, for it deprives the copyright holder of income that he has a right to receive. —Ephesians 4:28.
      (Romawa 13:4) Yin irin wannan kofen sata ne, domin hakan ya hana mai hakkin wallafawa ya samu kuɗin da ya kamata ya samu.—Afisawa 4:28.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) copyright

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) copyrights

Past tense (ya wuce) copyrighted

Past participle (ya wuce) copyrighted

Present participle (ana cikin yi) copyrighting

1. (transitive) If you copyright something, you register its copyright. <> ɗaukan hakkin mallaka.

   She copyrighted her book. <> Ta ɗauki hakkin mallaka kan littafinta.