ማእድ

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Ge'ez

Etymology

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).

Noun

ማእድ (maʾəddm or f (plural ማእዳት (maʾəddat))

  1. table
  2. food, banquet
  3. Eucharistic offering

Descendants

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

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