ሜዘነ

Argobba

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mazan-. See Arabic و ز ن (w-z-n).

Verb

ሜዘነ (mezzäna)

1. to weigh

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 379a

Harari

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mazan-. See Arabic و ز ن (w-z-n).

Verb

ሜዘነ (mēzäna)

1. to weigh

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1963) Etymological Dictionary of Harari (University of California Publications: Near Eastern Studies; 1), Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 116b
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 379a

Tigre

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mazan-. See Arabic و ز ن (w-z-n).

Verb

ሜዘነ • (mezänä)

1. to weigh, to determine the mass of

   Synonym: መዘነ (mäzzänä)

2. (figurative) to weigh, to ponder, to considerate

References

• Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ሜዘነ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 139a