ገውዝ
Amharic
Etymology
From Aramaic גוזא / ܓܘܙܐ (gawzā).
Noun
ገውዝ • (gäwz)
- nut in general (even nutmeg)
- 1962, Amharic Bible, Songs of Solomon 6:11:
- የወንዙን ዳር ልምላሜ አይ ዘንድ፥ ወይኑ አብቦ ሮማኑም አፍርቶ እንደ ሆነ እመለከት ዘንድ ወደ ገውዝ ገነት ወረድሁ
- yäwänzun dar ləmlame ʾäy zänd: wäynu ʾäbbo romanum ʾäfrəto ʾəndä honä ʾəmäläkät zänd wädä gäwz gänät wärädhu
- I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
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Ge'ez
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic גוזא / ܓܘܙܐ (gawzā).
Noun
ገውዝ • (gäwz)
- walnut
- nut in general (because the walnut isn’t really known in Ethiopia)
- odoriferous substance from hard plant products, perfume
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ገውዝ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1185
- Leslau, Wolf (1991), “ገውዝ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 207b
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 43