ኀጺን

Ge'ez

Alternative forms

ሐጺን (ḥäṣin), ኀፂን (ḫäṣ́in)

Etymology

From Aramaic חֲצִינָא‎ / ܚܰܨܺܝܢܳܐ‎ (ḥaṣṣīnā, “axe”), from Akkadian 𒍏𒄩𒍣𒅔 (/ḫaṣṣinnu/, “hoe”)

Noun

ኀጺን • (ḫäṣin)

Descendants

→ Tigre: ሓጺን (ḥaṣin, “iron”)
→ Tigrinya: ሓጺን (ḥaṣin, “iron”)
→ Amharic: ኀፂን (haṣṣin, “iron”)
→ Awngi: ač̣in (“iron”)
→ Xamtanga: ač̣in (“iron”)

References

Dillmann, August (1865) , “ኀጺን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 623
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 267

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