እኅት

Amharic

Alternative forms

• እት (ʾət)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-. Cognates include Ge'ez እኅት (ʾəḫt) and Tigre ሕት (ḥət).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɨhɨt/
• Hyphenation: እ‧ኅት

Noun

እኅት • (ʾəḫət) f (plural እኅቶች (ʾəḫətočč) or እኅትማማች (ʾəḫətəmmamačč))

1. sister

Coordinate terms

• (sister): ወንድም (wändəmm, “brother”)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እኅት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Leslau, Wolf (1976, 1993) Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English: English-Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 119a

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-.

Noun

እኅት • (ʾəḫt) f (plural አኃት (ʾäḫat), rarely እኅታት (ʾəḫtat))

1. sister

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “እኅት”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 766