ዑቦል

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Tigrinya

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Etymology

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Cognate to Tigre ዖበል (ʿobäl) of same meaning. Maybe borrowed from Southern Arabic عَبَل (ʕabal, Calligonum gen. et spp.), a comparable desert shrub of the same order.

Noun

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ዑቦል (ʿubol)

  1. tamarisk, especially Nile tamarisk (Tamarix nilotica)