ምስር
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Amharic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]In view of closer Ethiopian Semitic terms, apparently from Arabic بُلْسُن (bulsun, “lentils”), perhaps influenced by Ottoman Turkish مصر (mısır) being used for maize.
Noun
[edit]ምስር • (məssər)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish مصر (Mısır), from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).
Noun
[edit]ምስር • (məsr, məssər)
- Egypt (a country in North Africa)
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]ምስር • (məsr)
- Rare form of ንስር (nəsr).
References
[edit]- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 208b–209a