The story
- Arabic · derived fromوَهْلَة“fright, terror”
- Hausa · derived fromwàhalā̀
- Yoruba · borrowed fromwàhálà
- English todaywahala
From Yoruba wàhálà, from Hausa wàhalā̀, from Arabic وَهْلَة (wahla, “fright, terror”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.