ማኅፈድ

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܐܦܕܢܐ. Cognate with Hebrew אַפֶּדֶן, Arabic فَدَنٌ (fadanun).

Noun

ማኅፈድ • (maḫfäd) m or f (plural መኃፍድ (mäḫafd) or ማኅፈዳት (maḫfädat))

1. tower

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ማኅፈድ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 628