አባት

Amharic

Alternative forms

• አብ (ʾab) — Old Amharic

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

• (father): እናት (ʾənnat, “mother”)

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^[1] (in Tigre), volume 40, page 492a