Habesh

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حبش (habeş), itself from Arabic الْحَبَش (al-ḥabaš).

Proper noun

Habesh m

  1. (Turkish) Habesha (former name of Ethiopia, a country in Africa)
    Synonyms: Etiopi, Absini (historical)

References

  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “Habésh”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 152
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