ቅንፍዝ
Amharic
Etymology
From Arabic قُنْفُذ (qunfuḏ).
Noun
ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz) (rare)
- porcupine
- Synonym: ጃርት (ǧart)
- hedgehog
- Synonym: ጃርት (ǧart)
References
- Leslau, Wolf (1982) North Ethiopic and Amharic cognates in Tigre (Supplemento n. 31 al Vol. 42 fasc. 2 (Annali)), Napoli: Istituto universitario Orientale, page 60, where Geʿez, Tigrinya, Tigre, Amharic are declared loanwords from Arabic.
Ge'ez
Noun
ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz)
- Alternative form of ቍንፍዝ (ḳʷənfəz, “hedgehog, porcupine”)
Tigre
Etymology
From Arabic قُنْفُذ (qunfuḏ).
Noun
ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz)
- porcupine
References
- Leslau, Wolf (1982) North Ethiopic and Amharic cognates in Tigre (Supplemento n. 31 al Vol. 42 fasc. 2 (Annali)), Napoli: Istituto universitario Orientale, page 60, where Geʿez, Tigrinya, Tigre, Amharic are declared loanwords from Arabic.
Tigrinya
Etymology
From Arabic قُنْفُذ (qunfuḏ).
Noun
ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz)
- porcupine
- hedgehog