እኅት

Amharic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. sister

Coordinate terms

References

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

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-.

Noun

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

  1. sister

References