ዕርዲ

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Tigre

Etymology

From Arabic عُرْضِيّ (ʕurḍiyy), from Ottoman Turkish اردو (ordu).

Pronunciation

Noun

ዕርዲ (ʿərdi)

  1. fortified camp, fort

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1982) North Ethiopic and Amharic cognates in Tigre (Supplemento n. 31 al Vol. 42 fasc. 2 (Annali))‎, Napoli: Istituto universitario Orientale, page 10

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Arabic عُرْضِيّ (ʕurḍiyy), from Ottoman Turkish اردو (ordu).

Pronunciation

Noun

ዕርዲ (ʿərdi)

  1. fortified camp, fort
    • 2015, Watchtower translation of the Bible, Nehemiah 2:8:
      ኣሳፍ እቲ ሓላው መናፈሻ ንጉስ ንኣፍ ደገታት ዕርዲ እታ ቤትን ንመካበብያ እታ ኸተማን ነታ ኣነ ዝኸዳ ቤትን ዜድሊ ኣዕጫው ዚኸውን ኣእዋም ክህበኒ፡ ንዕኡ እውን ደብዳበ ይወሃበኒ”
      ʾasaf ʾəti ḥalaw mänafäša nəgus nəʾaf dägätat ʿərdi ʾəta betn nəmäkabäbya ʾəta xätäman näta ʾanä zəxäda betn zedli ʾaʿč̣aw zixäwn ʾaʾwam kəhbäni nəʿʾu ʾəwn däbdabä yəwähabäni”
      And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fastness which appertained to the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into.