ዓለም
Amharic
Alternative forms
- አለም (ʾäläm)
Etymology
Likely a borrowing from Ge'ez ዓለም (ʿaläm, “world”). Its plural was also borrowed, as ዓለማት (ʿalämat, “universe”).
Noun
ዓለም • (ʿaläm) ?
- universe, world
Related terms
- አለማት (ʾälämat)
- አለማዊ (ʾälämawi)
- አለማዊነት (ʾälämawinät)
- ለዘለዓለም (läzäläʿaläm)
- ለዘላለም (läzälaläm)
- የዘላለም (yäzälaläm)
References
- Leslau, Wolf (1976, 1993) Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English: English-Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 120b
Ge'ez
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic עָלְמָא / ܥܳܠܡܳܐ (ʿāləmā).
Noun
ዓለም • (ʿaläm) m or f (plural ዓለማት (ʿalämat))
- universe, world
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ዓለም”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 951–952
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 61a–b
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 37–38
Tigre
Etymology
Likely a borrowing from both Ge'ez ዓለም (ʿaläm, “world”) and Arabic عَالَم (ʿālam).
Noun
ዓለም • (ʿaläm)
- universe, world
References
- Munzinger, Werner (1865), “ዓለም”, in Vocabulaire de la langue tigré (in French), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, page 54
- Littmann, Enno; Höfner, Maria (1962), “ዓለም”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 452a
Tigrinya
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ዓለም (ʿaläm, “world”).
Noun
ዓለም • (ʿaläm)
- universe, world