Wiktionary

ቅንፍዝ

Amharic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic قُنْفُذ (qunfuḏ).

Noun edit

ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz) (rare)

  1. porcupine
    Synonym: ጃርት (ǧart)
  2. hedgehog
    Synonym: ጃርት (ǧart)

References edit

  • Leslau, Wolf (1982) North Ethiopic and Amharic cognates in Tigre (Supplemento n. 31 al Vol. 42 fasc. 2 (Annali))‎[1], Napoli: Istituto universitario Orientale, page 60, where Geʿez, Tigrinya, Tigre, Amharic are declared loanwords from Arabic.

Ge'ez edit

Noun edit

ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz)

  1. Alternative form of ቍንፍዝ (ḳʷənfəz, “hedgehog, porcupine”)

Tigre edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic قُنْفُذ (qunfuḏ).

Noun edit

ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz)

  1. porcupine

References edit

  • Leslau, Wolf (1982) North Ethiopic and Amharic cognates in Tigre (Supplemento n. 31 al Vol. 42 fasc. 2 (Annali))‎[2], Napoli: Istituto universitario Orientale, page 60, where Geʿez, Tigrinya, Tigre, Amharic are declared loanwords from Arabic.

Tigrinya edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic قُنْفُذ (qunfuḏ).

Noun edit

ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz)

  1. porcupine
  2. hedgehog
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