Adjacent Words

Amharic definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic; "the Amharic language" n
1: the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact [syn: Amharic, Ethiopian language]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: part translation of Amharic amar?ñña, from Amara region of highland Ethiopia Date: 1813 a Semitic language that is an official language of Ethiopia • Amharic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --n. the official and commercial language of Ethiopia. --adj. of this language. Etymology: Amhara, Ethiopian province + -IC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Amharic Am*har"ic, a. Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. -- n. The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).