ካህን

Amharic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew כהן‎, Aramaic כהנא‎, Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ‎, Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍‎ (khn), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Arabic كَاهِن‎ (kāhin).

Noun

ካህን • (kahn) m

priest, pastor, clergyman

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew כהן‎, Aramaic כהנא‎, Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ‎, Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍‎ (khn), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Arabic كَاهِن‎ (kāhin).

Noun

ካህን • (kahn) m (plural ካህናት)

priest, clergyman

References

Dillmann, August (1865), “ካህን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel

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