ወሰን

Amharic

Noun

ወሰን • (wäsän) ?

1. limit
2. boundary

Ge'ez

Etymology

Related to Arabic وَسَمَ (wasama), Aramaic סמן.

Noun

ወሰን • (wäsän) m

1. limit, boundary, end
   • Numbers 34:6

     ደወልክሙኒ ፡ ዘመንገለ ፡ ባሕር ፡ ትኩንክሙ ፡ ባሕር ፡ ዐባይ ፡ ወሰነክሙ ፡ ወዝንቱ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ወሰንክሙ ፡ ዘመንገለ ፡ ባሕር ።

     däwälkəmuni zämängälä baḥr təkunkəmu baḥr ʿäbay wäsänäkmu wäznətu wəʾtu wäsänkəmu zämängälä baḥr .

     ‘Your boundary on the west will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ወሰን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 905