𐩱𐩢𐩨𐩦

Sabaean

Alternative forms

• 𐩢𐩨𐩦𐩩 (ḥbs²t /⁠ḥabaśatu⁠/)

Etymology

See Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaħbuːɬu/

Noun

𐩱𐩢𐩨𐩦 (ʾḥbs² /ʾaḥbūśu/)

1. Ethiopia, Ethiopians, Abyssines
   • second half of 1^st century BCE, Ir 20‎^[1]:

     𐩥𐩱𐩩𐩥𐩥 𐩽 𐩨𐩱𐩢𐩡𐩡𐩣 𐩽 𐩥𐩪𐩨𐩺𐩣 𐩽 𐩥𐩶𐩬𐩣𐩣 […] 𐩽 𐩨𐩬 𐩽 𐩱𐩢𐩨𐩦𐩬

     wʾtww bʾḥllm ws¹bym wġnmm […] bn ʾḥbs²n

     /*wa ʾatawū ba-ʾaḥlālim wa-šabyim wa-ġunmim ban ʾaḥbūśāni/

     And they came with spoils and captives and booty [taken] from the Abyssinians […]

   • second half of 1^st century BCE, Ja 576+Ja 577 Ry 535; MaMB 212+MaMB 219‎^[2], line 3:

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     w-nqm ʾḥzb Ḥbs²t w-ḏ-S¹hrtm w-S²mr ḏ-Rydn w-ʾs²ʿb Ḥmyrm

     and he took revenge on the troops of the Abyssinians and those of S¹hrtm and on Śamar ḏu-Raydān and the folk of Ḥimyar

   • 548 C.E., CIH 541 = Sadd Maʾrib 5‎^[3], lines 25–26 and 73–75:

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     w-gmʿw ʾgys²-hmw Ḥbs²t [w-]Ḥmyrm […] w-k-l rʾyw k-ḫny ḍlln ʿly ʾs²ʿbn ʾḏnw l-hm w l-ʾḥbs²-hmw w-ʾḥmr-hm

     and assembled his troops, Ethiopians and Himyarites […] And as soon as he saw that [the plague] wrought sickness upon his tribes he furloughed them, his Abyssines and his Himyarites