ዓለም

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Amharic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Likely a borrowing from Ge'ez ዓለም (ʿaläm, world). Its plural was also borrowed, as ዓለማት (ʿalämat, universe).

Noun

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ዓለም (ʿaläm?

  1. universe, world
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References

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  • Leslau, Wolf (1976, 1993) Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English: English-Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 120b

Ge'ez

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Aramaic עָלְמָא / ܥܳܠܡܳܐ (ʿāləmā).

Noun

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ዓለም (ʿalämm or f (plural ዓለማት (ʿalämat))

  1. universe, world

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Tigre

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Etymology

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Likely a borrowing from both Ge'ez ዓለም (ʿaläm, world) and Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam).

Noun

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ዓለም (ʿaläm)

  1. universe, world

References

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  • Munzinger, Werner (1865) “ዓለም”, in Vocabulaire de la langue tigré (in French), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel[2][3], page 54
  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ዓለም”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎[4], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 452a

Tigrinya

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ዓለም (ʿaläm, world).

Noun

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ዓለም (ʿaläm)

  1. universe, world