የካቲት

Amharic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tigrinya የካቲት (yäkatit), Ge'ez የካቲት (yäkkatit).

Noun

የካቲት • (yäkatit) ?

1. the sixth month of the Ethiopian calendar
2. February

References

• Isenberg, Karl Wilhelm (1841) Dictionary of the Amharic language. Amharic and English‎^[1], London: The Church Missionary Society, page 161b

Ge'ez

Alternate Spelling

የካ፟ቲት (yäkkatit)

Etymology

The etymology of this word is not given in any lexicon.

Noun

የካቲት • (yäkkatit)

• The sixth month of the Ethiopic calendar, corresponding in non-leap years to 8 February - 7 March.

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “የካቲት”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “የካቲት”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 626b