አባት

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Amharic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- (“father”). Cognates include Ge'ez አብ (ʾäb) and Tigre አብ (ʾäb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔabːat/
  • Hyphenation: አ‧ባት
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Noun

አባት • (ʾabbat) m

  1. father
  2. ancestor

Coordinate terms

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አባት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Enno Littmann, editor (1943), “Altamharisches Glossar. Der Wortschatz in den „Canzoni Geez-Amariña“”, in Rivista degli studi orientali‎ (in Tigre), volume 40, page 492a
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