"Ge'ez" meaning in All languages combined

See Ge'ez on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈɡiːɛz/ Forms: Ge’ez [canonical]
Etymology: From Ge'ez ግዕዝ (gəʿz). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|gez|ግዕዝ}} Ge'ez ግዕዝ (gəʿz) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Ge’ez}} Ge’ez
  1. An Ethiopian language which is extinct but still used liturgically. Categories (topical): Extinct languages, Languages Categories (place): Ethiopia Translations (Ethiopian language): ግዕዝ (gəʿz) (Amharic), جِعِزِيّ (jiʕiziyy) [masculine] (Arabic), جِعِزِيَّة (jiʕiziyya) [feminine] (Arabic), 吉茲語 (Chinese Mandarin), 吉兹语 (jízīyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), muinaisetiopia (Finnish), ge’ez (Finnish), guèze [masculine] (French), ግዕዝ (gəʿz) (Ge'ez), გეეზი (geezi) (Georgian), Altäthiopisch [neuter] (German), גְעֵז (ge'ez) [feminine] (Hebrew), אֶתְיוֹפִּית (etiopit) [feminine] (Hebrew), Aetóipis [feminine] (Irish), ge'ez [masculine] (Italian), gheez [masculine] (Italian), ゲエズ語 (gēzugo) (Japanese), 그으즈어 (geueujeueo) (Korean), lingua Aethiopica [feminine] (Latin), Aethiopicē (Latin), geez [masculine] (Portuguese), gueze [masculine] (Portuguese), geês [masculine] (Portuguese), геэ́з (geéz) [masculine] (Russian), древнеэфио́пский (drevneefiópskij) (alt: язы́к) [masculine] (Russian), ge'ez [masculine] (Spanish), Kige'ez [class-7] (Swahili), ግዕዝ (gəʿz) (Tigrinya), ግእዝ (gəʾz) (Tigrinya), Geez [singular] (Turkish), Ge'ez [singular] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Ge'ez-en-name-8GjX3v4x Disambiguation of Extinct languages: 69 31 Disambiguation of Languages: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ethiopia: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'Ethiopian language': 86 14
  2. The writing system originally used for the Ge’ez language. Categories (topical): Languages, Writing systems Translations (writing system): ፊደል (fidäl) (Amharic), etiopialainen tavukirjoitus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Ge'ez-en-name-l7TijQdX Disambiguation of Languages: 50 50 Disambiguation of Writing systems: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'writing system': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Ethiopic, Geez, Gi'iz, Giiz, Geʿez, Gəʿəz

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Ethiopian language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geês"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "geéz",
      "sense": "Ethiopian language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "геэ́з"
    },
    {
      "alt": "язы́к",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drevneefiópskij",
      "sense": "Ethiopian language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "древнеэфио́пский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Ethiopian language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ge'ez"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Ethiopian language",
      "tags": [
        "class-7"
      ],
      "word": "Kige'ez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "gəʿz",
      "sense": "Ethiopian language",
      "word": "ግዕዝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "gəʾz",
      "sense": "Ethiopian language",
      "word": "ግእዝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Ethiopian language",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "Geez"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Ethiopian language",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "Ge'ez"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "fidäl",
      "sense": "writing system",
      "word": "ፊደል"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "writing system",
      "word": "etiopialainen tavukirjoitus"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ge'ez language",
    "Ge'ez script"
  ],
  "word": "Ge'ez"
}

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