አንቄ
Amharic
Alternative forms
- አንጭት (ʾänč̣ət)
Etymology
Unknown. Akin to Ge'ez አንቄ (ʾänḳe) and perhaps Arabic أَنُوق (ʾanūq).
Noun
አንቄ • (ʾänḳe, ʾänəḳḳe)
- hawk
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 1215b, 1252b
Ge'ez
Alternative forms
- አንቄት (ʾänḳet)
Etymology
Unknown. Akin to Gurage anḳʼət and anḳʼit and Amharic አንቄ (ʾänḳe) and perhaps Arabic أَنُوق (ʾanūq).
Noun
አንቄ • (ʾänḳe) m (plural አናቅይ (ʾänaḳy))
- hawk, kite
References
- Leslau, Wolf (1991), “አንቄ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 30b–31a
- Dillmann, August (1865), “አንቄ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 772