ገብር

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Ge'ez[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either from Proto-West Semitic *gabr-, or formed internally from ገብረ (gäbrä, to work).

Noun[edit]

ገብር (gäbrm (plural አግብርት)

  1. servant, slave

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References[edit]

  • Dillmann, August (1865) “ገብር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
  • Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 237
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 78