"Tigrinya" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /tɪˈɡɹiːnjə/
Etymology: From Tigrinya ትግርኛ (təgrəñña). The spelling Tigrigna came via Italian. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ti|ትግርኛ|tr=təgrəñña}} Tigrinya ትግርኛ (təgrəñña), {{m|en|Tigrigna}} Tigrigna Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tigrinya
  1. A Semitic language of Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is written in the Ge'ez alphabet. Wikipedia link: Tigrinya language Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Tigrigna, Tigriña, Tigrinia, Tigrinian, Tigrinyan, Təgrəñña, Tégréñña, Tegreñña Related terms: Tigray, Tigrayan, Tigray Region, Tigray-Tigrinya, Wiktionary’s coverage of Tigrinya terms, ti, tir (alt: SIL), tir ⁠ Translations (language): ትግርኛ (təgrəñña) (Amharic), التِّغْرِينِيَّة (at-tiḡrīniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), тыгры́нья (tyhrýnʹja) [feminine] (Belarusian), тигри́ня (tigrínja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 提格利尼亞語 (Chinese Mandarin), 提格利尼亚语 (tígélìníyàyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 蒂格里亞語 (Chinese Mandarin), 蒂格里亚语 (dìgélǐyàyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), tigrinja [feminine] (Faroese), tigrinja (Finnish), tigrigna [masculine] (French), Tigrinya [neuter] (German), Tigrinisch [neuter] (German), טיגריניה (tigrínya) [masculine] (Hebrew), तिग्रीन्या भाषा (tigrīnyā bhāṣā) [feminine] (Hindi), तिग्रीन्या (tigrīnyā) (Hindi), tigrinya [singular] (Hungarian), tigrigna [feminine] (Italian), ティグリニャ語 (tigurinyago) (Japanese), 티그리냐어 (tigeurinya'eo) (Korean), tigrinja (Norwegian Bokmål), tigrinja (Norwegian Nynorsk), tigrinya [masculine] (Portuguese), tigrinha [masculine] (Portuguese), tigrínia [masculine] (Portuguese), тигри́нья (tigrínʹja) [feminine] (Russian), tigriňa [feminine] (Slovak), tigriña [feminine] (Spanish), tigrinska [common-gender] (Swedish), ትግርኛ (təgrəñña) (Tigrinya), ትግርኛ ፊደል (təgrəñña fidäl) (Tigrinya), тигри́нья (tyhrýnʹja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tigrinya"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tigrinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tigrínia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tigrínʹja",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тигри́нья"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tigriňa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tigriña"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tigrinska"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "təgrəñña",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "ትግርኛ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "təgrəñña fidäl",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "ትግርኛ ፊደል"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tyhrýnʹja",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тигри́нья"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tigrinya"
}

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