ነቢይ

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ነቢይ • (näbiyy) m (plural ነቢያት (näbiyat) or ነብያት (näbəyat) or ኖብያት (nobəyat), feminine ነቢይት (näbiyyət))

näbiyy (romanization)
ነቢያት (plural)
ነብያት (plural)
ኖብያት (plural)
ነቢይት (feminine)

From Aramaic נְבִיָּא (n'ḇiyyā). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܢܒܺܝܳܐ, Arabic نَبِيٌ (nabiyun).


ንጉሥ

ንጉሥ • (nəguś) (plural ነገሥት (nägäśt) or ነገሥታት (nägäśtat))

nəguś (romanization)
ነገሥት (plural)
ነገሥታት (plural)
ንጉሠ (absolute singular)
ንጉሠከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንጉሠኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንጉሦ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንጉሠነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ንጉሠክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንጉሠክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ነገሥተ (absolute plural)
ነገሥታተ (absolute plural)

→ Amharic: ንጉሥ (nəguś)

→ Tigrinya: ንጉስ (nəgus), ንጉሥ (nəguś)

duke, prince, prefect, satrap, tyrant, emperor


ሰይፍ

ሰይፍ • (säyf) (plural አስያፍ (ʾäsyaf), and አስይፍት (ʾäsyəft))


እግዚአብሔር

እግዚአብሔር • (ʾəgziʾäbḥer)

From Ge'ez እግዚእ (ʾəgziʾ, “lord”) (in the construct state) + ብሔር (bəḥer, “world, region”).

በቀዳሚ፡ገብረ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ሰማየ፡ወምድረ።

1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici, Leipzig, Genesis 1:1:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

bäḳädami gäbrä ʾəgziʾäbḥer sämayä wämdrä.


ከተማ

ከተማ • (kätäma) m or f (plural ከተማት (kätämat))

Compare Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa), कोट (koṭa), and the suspected Sanskrit borrowings Telugu కోట (kōṭa), Kannada ಕೋಟೆ (kōṭe), Malayalam കോട്ട (kōṭṭa), Tamil கோட்டை (kōṭṭai), all meaning a fortification. Though Ludolf and Dillmann consider the Geʿez in this meaning a vulgar development or Amharism of “extremity, fine; tip, apex”, the opposite may be the case, and we may deal with a loanword also into Ethiopian from the time when Sanskrit ruled the Indian ocean.


አመት

→ Amharic: አመት (ʾamät)


ከበሮ

→ Arabic: كَبَر (kabar)


እስራኤል

እስራኤል • (ʾəsraʾel)

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Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל

(biblical) Israel (A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)


ማእድ

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ማእድ • (maʾədd) m or f (plural ማእዳት (maʾəddat))

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→ Arabic: مَائِدَة (māʔida)
Maltese: mejda
Moroccan Arabic: ميدة (mīda)
→ Azerbaijani: maidə
→ Ottoman Turkish: مائده (maide)
→ Turkish: maide
→ Persian: میده (mayda, “a table covered with viande”)

Unknown. Cognate to Amharic ማእድ (maʾd), ማድ (mad), Tigre ማእድ (maʾəd), Tigrinya መኣዲ (mäʾaddi), መዓዲ (mäʿaddi). A derivation from the accusative of Ancient Greek μαγίς (magís, “kneading trough; small table”), likewise the source of Georgian მაგიდა (magida, “table”) and having a geminate in Sicilian maidda (“kneading trough”), is formally possible; while the geographic steps towards this result are odd, note, just to underline the oddity, the Standard Arabic term from Egypt for the notion of a kneading-trough: مَاجُور (mājūr).


ካህን

Cognate with Hebrew כהן, Aramaic כהנא, Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ, Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin).


ኤዶም

From Ancient Greek Εδέμ (Edém), from Hebrew עֵדֶן.


ኀጺን

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ኀጺን • (ḫäṣin)

→ Tigre: ሓጺን (ḥaṣin, “iron”)

→ Tigrinya: ሓጺን (ḥaṣin, “iron”)

→ Amharic: ኀፂን (haṣṣin, “iron”)

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→ Awngi: [script needed] (ač̣in, “iron”)

→ Xamtanga: [script needed] (ač̣in, “iron”)

From Aramaic חֲצִינָא / ܚܰܨܺܝܢܳܐ (ḥaṣṣīnā, “axe”), from Akkadian 𒍏𒄩𒍣𒅔 (ḫaṣṣinnum, “hoe”).

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Aramaic חֲצִינָא


ዐሞን

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ዐሞን • (ʿämon)


አራራት

አራራት • (ʾärarat)


ጽዮን

ጽዮን • (ṣəyon)


አቅሌስያ

አቅሌስያ • (ʾäḳlesya)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).


መልአክ

መልአክ • (mälʾäk) (plural መልአክት)

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→ Arabic: مَلْأَك (malʔak), مَلَك (malak)
→ Abaza: мальаикь (malᶻaikʲ)
→ Abkhaz: амаалықь (amaaləkʲ)
→ Adyghe: мэлэӏич (mɛlɛʼič)
→ Armenian: մալաք, մալախ (malakʻ, malax)
→ Avar: малаик (malaik)
→ Azerbaijani: mələk
→ Chechen: малик (malik)
→ Classical Persian: مَلَک (malak)
→ Dargwa: малайк (malajk)
→ Farefare: malɛka
→ Fula: maleyka
→ Hausa: mala'ika
→ Ingush: малайк (malajk)
→ Javanese: ꦩꦭꦲꦺꦏꦠ꧀ (malaékat)
→ Kabardian: мэлэӏыч (mɛlɛʼəč)
→ Khwarezmian: ملك (mlk)
→ Kumyk: малайик (malayik)
→ Northern Kurdish: melek, milyaket
→ Lezgi: малаик (malaik)
→ Malay: malak, malaikat
Indonesian: malaikat
→ Maranao: mala'ikat
→ Moore: malɛka
→ Ngiti: màlàyikà
→ Ottoman Turkish: ملك (melek)
Turkish: melek
→ Albanian: meleq
→ Romanian: melec
→ Serbo-Croatian: mèlek /мѐлек
→ Swahili: malaika
Tooro: malaika
→ Tabasaran: малайик (malajik)
→ Tat: малах
→ Tausug: malāikat
→ Turkmen: melek
→ Yoruba: màlékà


ገብገብ

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ገብገብ • (gäbgäb)

Unknown. Has been connected to Arabic و ق ب (w q b) and و ه ب (w h b); perhaps derived from the root of ጋብአ (gabʾä, “to turn, to return; to come back; to enter”) whence also ግብእ (gəbʾ, “cave”), and غُبّ (ḡubb, “bosom of the sea, gulf; depressed terrain”) is also comparable. Passed into Arabic غَبْغَب (ḡabḡab, “a sacrificial stone whither one went for sacrifice”) from probably Old South Arabian.


ስብጥ

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ስብጥ • (səbṭ)


ገነት

ገነት • (gännät) f (plural ገነታት (gännätat))

From Aramaic גִינְּתָא (ginnəṯā) / ܓܰܢܬܳܐ (gannəṯā).


ከላዴዎን

From Ancient Greek Χᾰλδαῖον (Khăldaîon).


ነቢይት

ነቢይት • (näbiyyət) f (masculine ነቢይ (näbiyy))


ዐርክ

ዐርክ • (ʿärk) (female ዐርክት (ʿärəkt), male plural ዐርካን (ʿärkan), female plural ዐርካት (ʿärkat), common plural አዕርክት (ʾäʿrəkt))

ʿärk (romanization)
ዐርክት (feminine)
ዐርካን (masculine plural)
ዐርካት (feminine plural)
አዕርክት (common plural)


ንግሥት

ንግሥት • (nəgəśt) f (plural ንግሥታት (nəgəśtat))

nəgəśt (romanization)
ንግሥታት (plural)
ንግሥተ (absolute singular)
ንግሥተከ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንግሥተኪ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንግሥቶ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንግሥተነ (accusative first-person plural possessed-form singular)
ንግሥተክሙ (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንግሥተክን (accusative possessed-form singular)
ንግሥታተ (absolute plural)


ሚዛን

From መዘነ (mäzzänä) or from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān).


ኵናት

ኵናት • (kʷənat) (plural ኵያንው (kʷəyanəw), and ኰያንው (kʷäyanəw), and ኰዋንው (kʷäwanəw), and ኵናታት (kʷənatat), and ኲናታት (kʷinatat))

lance, javelin, shorter or generic spear


ከኒሳ

ከኒሳ • (känisa) f (plural ከናይስ (känayəs))

From Aramaic כְּנִישְׁתָּא (kənīštā), כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā) and Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa).

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כְּנִישְׁתָּא

Aramaic כְּנִישְׁתָּא (kənīštā)

congregation, synagogue, religion meeting


ጾም

Cognate with Hebrew צוֹם,
Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm).


ቍርባን

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ቍርባን • (ḳʷərban) m (plural ቍርባናት (ḳʷərbanat))

Cognate with Hebrew קָרְבָּן, Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܪܒܳܢܳܐ, Arabic قُرْبَانٌ (qurbānun).

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Hebrew קָרְבָּן

(Christianity) the eucharist, the eucharistic bread