አስተስርዮ

Ge'ez

Etymology

From ሰረየ (säräyä, “pardon, absolve, expiate, accede”), cognate to Aramaic שרי.

Noun

አስተስርዮ • (ʾästäsrəyo)

1. atonement
2. (Beta Israel) Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement
   • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici‎^[1], Leipzig, Leviticus 23:27:

     ወአመ‌፡‌​​​​​​​​ዐሡሩ‌፡‌ለሳብዕ‌፡‌ወርኅ‌፡‌ዕለተ‌፡‌አስተስርዮ‌፡‌ይእቲ‌፡‌ወቅድስተ‌፡‌ትሰመይ‌፡‌ለክሙ‌፡‌ወአኅምምዋ‌፡‌ለነፍስክሙ‌፡‌ወአብኡ‌፡‌መሥዋዕተ‌፡‌ለእግዚአብሔር።

     Wä-ʾämä ʽäśuru lä-sabʽə wärḫ ʽəlätä ʾästäsrəyo yəʾəti wä-ḳədəstä təsämäy läkəmu wä-ʾäḫməmwa lä-näfsəkəmu wä-ʾäbəʾu mäśwaʽətä lä-ʾəgəziʾäbḥer.

     And also the tenth of the seventh month is the Day of Atonement; and it shall be sanctified greatly for you, and you will humble your souls and present a whole offering to the LORD.

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “አስተስርዮ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN