Amharic

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σάβανον (sábanon).

Noun

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ሰበን (säbän)

  1. kerchief, miter, scarf

References

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  • d’Abbadie, Antoine (1881) “ከሎታ”, in Dictionnaire de la langue amariñña (Actes de la Societé Philologique; 10[1]) (in French), Paris: F. Vieweg, column 599
  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሰበን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 524b

Ge'ez

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σάβανον (sábanon).

Noun

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ሰበን (säbänm

  1. kerchief, miter, scarf
  2. handkerchief, sudary

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