ቅንፍዝ

Amharic

Etymology

From Arabic قُنْفُذ (qunfuḏ).

Noun

ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz) (rare)

1. porcupine

   Synonym: ጃርት (ǧart)

2. hedgehog

   Synonym: ጃርት (ǧart)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1982) North Ethiopic and Amharic cognates in Tigre (Supplemento n. 31 al Vol. 42 fasc. 2 (Annali))‎^[1], Napoli: Istituto universitario Orientale, page 60, where Geʿez, Tigrinya, Tigre, Amharic are declared loanwords from Arabic.

Ge'ez

Noun

ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz)

1. Alternative form of ቍንፍዝ (ḳʷənfəz, “hedgehog, porcupine”)

Tigre

Etymology

From Arabic قُنْفُذ (qunfuḏ).

Noun

ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz)

1. porcupine

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1982) North Ethiopic and Amharic cognates in Tigre (Supplemento n. 31 al Vol. 42 fasc. 2 (Annali))‎^[2], Napoli: Istituto universitario Orientale, page 60, where Geʿez, Tigrinya, Tigre, Amharic are declared loanwords from Arabic.

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Arabic قُنْفُذ (qunfuḏ).

Noun

ቅንፍዝ • (ḳənfəz)

1. porcupine
2. hedgehog