ካህን
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