ነፍጠኛ
Amharic edit
Etymology edit
From ነፍጥ (näfṭ, “rifle”) + -አኛ (-äñña).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ነፍጠኛ • (näfṭäñña) m or f by sense
- musketeer, rifleman, gunslinger
- (sometimes offensive) Amhara nationalist
- (offensive, derogatory) Amhara person
- (historical) serviceman of the Army of the Ethiopian Empire, typically one who would become a feudal lord after settling peripheral lands in reward for their service
Declension edit
Definiteness forms of ነፍጠኛ (näfṭäñña)
Possessive forms of ነፍጠኛ (näfṭäñña)
References edit
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ነፍጠኛ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1088