አባት

Amharic

Alternative forms

አብ (ʾab) – Old Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- (“father”). Cognates include Ge'ez አብ (ʾäb) and Tigre አብ (ʾäb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔabːat/
Hyphenation: አ‧ባት

Noun

አባት • (ʾabbat) m

Coordinate terms

(father): እናት (ʾənnat, “mother”)

References

Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “አባት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
Enno Littmann, editor (1943), “Altamharisches Glossar. Der Wortschatz in den „Canzoni Geez-Amariña“”, in Rivista degli studi orientali‎, volume 40, page 492a

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