"Ge'ez" meaning in English

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Proper name

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: 64 36 Disambiguation of Languages: 57 43 Disambiguation of Ethiopia: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'Ethiopian language': 87 13
  2. The writing system originally used for the Ge’ez language. Categories (topical): Writing systems Translations (writing system): ፊደል (fidäl) (Amharic), etiopialainen tavukirjoitus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Ge'ez-en-name-l7TijQdX Disambiguation of Writing systems: 24 76 Disambiguation of 'writing system': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Ethiopic, Geez, Gi'iz, Giiz, Geʿez, Gəʿəz

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ge'ez"
}

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