እኅት

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Amharic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-. Cognates include Ge'ez እኅት (ʾəḫt) and Tigre ሕት (ḥət).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔɨhɨt/
  • Hyphenation: እ‧ኅት

Noun[edit]

እኅት (ʾəḫətf (plural እኅቶች (ʾəḫətočč) or እኅትማማች (ʾəḫətəmmamačč))

  1. sister

Coordinate terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እኅት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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    Leslau, Wolf (1976, 1993) Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English: English-Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 119a

Ge'ez[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-.

Noun[edit]

እኅት (ʾəḫtf (plural አኃት (ʾäḫat), rarely እኅታት (ʾəḫtat))

  1. sister

References[edit]