ብርክ

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”). From same root as በረከከ (bäräkäkä, “kneel”), ተንበረከከ (tänbäräkäkä, “kneel”). Cognate with Tigrinya ተምበርከኸ (tämbärkäxä, “kneel”).

Noun

ብርክ • (bərk) ?

1. knee

   Synonym: ጉልበት (gulbät)

References

• https://dictionary.abyssinica.com/knee

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”). Cognate with Amharic ብርክ (bərk, “knee”), Tigrinya ብርኪ (bərki, “knee”).

Noun

ብርክ • (bərk) m or f

1. knee

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ብርክ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
• Dillmann, August (1866) Chrestomathia Aethiopica edita et glossario explanata‎^[1] (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, page 212
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ብርክ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 105