ረሐት

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Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *raḥat-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ረሐት (räḥät) (plural ረሓት (räḥat))

  1. palm of the hand or sole of the foot, central part, inner part of the hand or leg
    • 1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text., Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 36 Nr. 49 line 4:
      translated Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar. (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 77
    • 1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text., Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 252 Nr. 339 line 41:
      translated Enno Littmann, editor (1913), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar. (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 529

References

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ረሐት”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 147a
  • Munzinger, Werner (1865) “ረሐት”, in Vocabulaire de la langue tigré (in French), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, page 27