እጅ

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Amharic[edit]

እጅ(1)።

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *yad-. Cognates include Ge'ez እድ (ʾəd) and Arabic يَد (yad).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)ɨd͡ʒː/
  • Hyphenation: እጅ
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

እጅ • (ʾəǧǧ) m

  1. arm, hand
  2. (figurative) power
  3. (figurative) authority

Coordinate terms[edit]

  • (arm, hand): እግር (ʾəgər, “leg, foot”)

References[edit]

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እጅ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 14
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