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
- father
- ancestor
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