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Tigre
Etymology
Probably via Arabic عَفْص (ʕafṣ) from Aramaic אַפְצָא (ʾap̄ṣā) / עַפְצָא (ʿap̄ṣā), absolute state אֲפֶץ (ʾap̄eṣ), עֲפֶץ (ʿap̄eṣ), Classical Syriac ܐܱܦܨܳܐ (ʾap̄ṣā), ܥܱܦܨܳܐ (ʿap̄ṣā), of the same meaning.
Noun
አፈስ • (ʾäfäs)
- gallnut
References
- Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “አፈስ”, 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 388a