Amharic

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ንግሥት(2)።

Etymology

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From ንጉሥ (nəguś, king) +‎ -ት (-t).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɨɡɨst/
  • Hyphenation: ን‧ግሥት

Noun

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ንግሥት (nəgəśtf (plural ንግሥቶች (nəgəśtočč) or ንግሥታት (nəgəśtat))

  1. queen
  2. (chess) queen

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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References

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  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ንግሥት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 35

Ge'ez

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Etymology

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From ንጉሥ (nəguś, king) +‎ -ት (-t).

Noun

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ንግሥት (nəgəśtf (plural ንግሥታት)

  1. queen

Declension

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