ዕርብ

Tigre

Etymology

Perhaps cognates with Arabic غَرَب (ḡarab, “Euphrates poplar; willow”).

Noun

ዕርብ • (ʿərəb)

  1. a plant with tendrils

References

  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ዕርብ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 460a
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