Tigrinya

See also: tigrinya

English

Alternative forms

• Tigrigna
• Tigriña
• Tigrinia
• Tigrinian
• Tigrinyan

Etymology

From Tigrinya ትግርኛ (təgrəñña). The spelling Tigrigna came via Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪˈɡɹiːnjə/

Proper noun

Tigrinya

1. A Semitic language of Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is written in the Ge'ez alphabet.

Related terms

• Tigray
• Tigray-Tigrinya

Translations

language

• Amharic: ትግርኛ (təgrəñña)
• Arabic: التِّغْرِينِيَّة‎ f (at-tiḡrīniyya)
• Belarusian: тыгры́нья f (tyhrýnʹja)
• Bulgarian: тигри́ня f (tigrínja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 提格利尼亞語 (zh), 提格利尼亚语 (tígélìníyàyǔ), 蒂格里亞語, 蒂格里亚语 (dìgélǐyàyǔ)

• Faroese: tigrinja f
• Finnish: tigrinja (fi)
• French: tigrigna (fr) m
• Hindi: तिग्रीन्या भाषा f (tigrīnyā bhāṣā), तिग्रीन्या (tigrīnyā)

• Italian: tigrigna f
• Japanese: ティグリニャ語 (ja) (tigurinyago)
• Korean: 티그리냐어 (tigeurinya-eo)
• Portuguese: tigrinya m, tigrinha m, tigrínia (pt) m
• Russian: тигри́нья (ru) f (tigrínʹja)
• Slovak: tigriňa f
• Spanish: tigriña f
• Tigrinya: ትግርኛ (təgrəñña), ትግርኛ ፊደል (təgrəñña fidäl)
• Ukrainian: тигри́нья f (tyhrýnʹja)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Tigrinya terms
• Tigrinya language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tigray-Tigrinya people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tigrinya edition of Wiktionary
• ISO 639-1 code ti, ISO 639-3 code tir
• Ethnologue entry for Tigrinya, ti