P'ent'ay

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ge'ez ጴንጤ (p̣enṭe).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛn.teɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Hyphenation: p’en‧t’ay

Adjective

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P'ent'ay (not comparable)

  1. Ethiopian and/or Eritrean Protestant
    • 2013 April 20, Yohannes K. Mekonnen, Ethiopia: The Land, Its People, History and Culture[1], →ISBN, page 245:
      At least 95.3% of the population is Muslim and 4.7% is Christian (3.9% Orthodox Christian, 0.7% P’ent’ay, and 0.1% Catholics).
    • 2018 December 7, Enes Bayraklı, Farid Hafez, Islamophobia in Muslim Majority Societies[2], →ISBN, page 188:
      The claim of Medhane consists of dual targets of ‘the enormously successful proselytizing efforts of the P’ent’ay Churches in Southern Ethiopia and the growth of Sunni fundamentalism in Somalia’ (ibid.).
    • 2022 October 25, Luladey Moges, Enebla: Recipes from an Ethiopian Kitchen[3], →ISBN, page 13:
      The country is predominantly Christian with faiths like Ethiopian Orthodox, Pentay (a short form of Pentecostal, sometimes written as P’ent’ay), and Roman Catholic being prevalent.

Noun

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P'ent'ay (uncountable)

  1. All denominations and organizations of Protestantism in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
    • 2017 June 2, IBP, Inc, Ethiopia Electoral, Political Parties Laws and Regulations Handbook: Strategic Information, Regulations, Procedures (World Business and Investment Library)[4], →ISBN, page 9:
      A majority of the population adheres to Christianity (mainly the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and P’ent’ay), while around a third follows Islam (primarily Sunni Islam).