ማእረር

Ge'ez

Etymology

Derived from አረረ (ʾärärä, “reap, gather, harvest”), a secondary form of አረየ (ʾäräyä, “gather, glean, separate”)

Noun

ማእረር • (maʾrär)

1. harvest, the action of reaping crops
2. harvest-time
3. the crops harvested, the crop
4. (Beta Israel) Shavuot, Pentecost

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ማእረር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN