ምስል

Amharic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew מָשָׁל (“example, model, likeness, allegory”), Arabic مِثَال (miṯāl, “image, form, model, example, parable”).

Noun

ምስል • (məsl) ?

1. likeness, similitude, resemblance, image, figure
2. parable, example, proverb

References

• Isenberg, Karl Wilhelm (1841) Dictionary of the Amharic language. Amharic and English‎^[1], London: The Church Missionary Society, page 24a