ዘይት
Amharic
Etymology
A culture word borrowed from Aramaic זיתא / ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā).
Noun
ዘይት • (zäyt) ?
- oil
Related terms
- ዘይቶን (zäyton, “olive”)
Ge'ez
Etymology
A culture word borrowed from Aramaic זיתא / ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā). According to Leslau it reached Geʿez through Arabic زَيْت (zayt).
Noun
ዘይት • (zäyt) m or f
- olive tree
- Synonym: ዘይቶን (zäyton)
- olive
- oil
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ዘይት”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1063
- Leslau, Wolf (1991), “ዘይት”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 647a
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 42
Harari
Etymology
Perhaps from Arabic زَيْت (zayt), else via other Ethiopian Semitic languages from Aramaic זיתא / ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā).
Noun
ዘይት (zäyt)
- olive oil