ኀጺን
Ge'ez edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Aramaic חֲצִינָא / ܚܰܨܺܝܢܳܐ (ḥaṣṣīnā, “axe”), from Akkadian 𒍏𒄩𒍣𒅔 (ḫaṣṣinnum, “hoe”).
Noun edit
ኀጺን • (ḫäṣin)
Descendants edit
- → Tigre: ሓጺን (ḥaṣin, “iron”)
- → Tigrinya: ሓጺን (ḥaṣin, “iron”)
- → Amharic: ኀፂን (haṣṣin, “iron”)
- → Awngi: [script needed] (ač̣in, “iron”)
- → Xamtanga: [script needed] (ač̣in, “iron”)
References edit
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ኀጺን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 623
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 267