ዳብር

Ge'ez

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Proto-Semitic root d-b-r which has the general meanings 'to follow, to come or be behind, to lead.' Possibly a variant of ደብር (däbr); see the etymology under this lemma.

Noun

ዳብር • (dabr) m (plural ዳብራት (dabrat))

territory
city
village

References

Dillmann, August (1865) “ዳብር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ዳብር”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 121b