ኢትዮጵያ
Amharic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /itijopʼja/, /itʰiopʼia/
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Descendants
- → Afar: Itiyoobiyá
- → Sidamo: Itophia
Ge'ez
Alternative forms
- እትዮጵያ (ʾətyop̣ya)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía).
Proper noun
ኢትዮጵያ • (ʾityop̣ya)
- Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)
- Synonyms: ብሔረ ግዕዝ (bəḥerä gəʿz), ብሔረ አግዓዝ (bəḥerä ʾägʿaz), ሐበሠት (ḥäbäśät)
References
- Breyer, Francis (2016) Punt. Die Suche nach dem „Gottesland“ (Culture and History of Ancient Near East; 80) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 530 seqq.
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ኢትዮጵያ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1418, line 26 a fine
- “ኢትዮጵያ”, in Ancient Ethiopic TraCES Corpus (of Beta maṣāḥǝft), Hamburg, 2014–2019
Tigrinya
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía).
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