ካህን

Amharic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew כהן, Aramaic כהנא, Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ, Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin).

Noun

ካህን • (kahn) m

(Christianity) priest, pastor, clergyman
(Judaism) kahen

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew כהן, Aramaic כהנא, Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ, Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin).

Noun

ካህን • (kahn) m (plural ካህናት)

(Christianity) priest, clergyman
(Judaism) kahen

References

Dillmann, August (1865) “ካህን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel

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