Amharic

See also: amhàric

English

Etymology

From Amhara +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æmˈhæɹɪk/

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Proper noun

Amharic

1. A Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia.
   • 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books, published 2020, pages 218–219:

     Fifi smiles and nods, then says “yes” in Amharic with that typical Ethiopian inflection that makes it sound less like a word and more like a sharp intake of air.

Synonyms

• (language): Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Ethiopian

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Amharies (af)
• Amharic: አማርኛ (am) (ʾämarña)
• Arabic: أَمْهَرِيّ m (ʔamhariyy), أَمْهَرِيَّة (ar) f (ʔamhariyya)
• Armenian: ամհարերեն (hy) (amhareren)
• Catalan: amhàric (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿姆哈拉語 / 阿姆哈拉语 (zh) (āmǔhālāyǔ)

• Corsican: amaricu (co) m
• Czech: amharština (cs) f
• Dutch: Amhaars (nl) n, Amharisch (nl) n
• Faroese: amhariskt
• Finnish: amhara (fi), amharan kieli
• French: amharique (fr) m
• German: Amarinya (de) n, Amharisch (de) n
• Greenlandic: amharisut
• Gujarati: આમ્હારિક (āmhārik)
• Hebrew: אַמְהָרִית (he) f (ama'harit)
• Hindi: अम्हारी f (amhārī), अम्हारी भाषा f (amhārī bhāṣā), आम्हारिक (hi) f (āmhārik), अम्हरी (amharī)
• Hungarian: amhara (hu)
• Icelandic: amharíska (is) f
• Irish: Amáiris f
• Italian: amarico (it)
• Japanese: アムハラ語 (ja) (amuharago)
• Korean: 암하라어 (amhara'eo)
• Maltese: Amħariku
• Marathi: आम्हारिक (āmhārik)
• Moksha: амкарань (amkarań)
• Navajo: Amhara Dineʼé bizaad
• Nepali: अम्हारिक (amhārik)
• Norwegian: amharisk (no)
• Polish: amharski (pl) m
• Portuguese: amárico (pt), amharico
• Russian: амха́рский (ru) m (amxárskij), амха́рский язы́к m (amxárskij jazýk)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀мхарскӣ

  Roman: àmharskī (sh)

• Sicilian: amàricu (scn) m
• Sindhi: اَمهارِي (amhari)
• Somali: Amxaari, Axmaari
• Spanish: amárico (es)
• Swahili: Kiamhara, Kiamhari
• Swedish: amhariska (sv)
• Thai: ภาษาอัมฮารา
• Tigrinya: ኣምሓርኛ (ʾamḥarña)
• Turkish: Amharca (tr)
• Urdu: امہاری f (amhārī)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Amharic terms
• Amharic language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amharic edition of Wiktionary
• ISO 639-1 code am, ISO 639-3 code amh (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Amharic, amh ⁠

Anagrams

• machair