አበባ

Amharic

አበባ

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܗܒܒܐ (habbāḇā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aβəβa/
• (Addis Ababa) IPA^(key): [aβäβa]

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Noun

አበባ • (ăbäba) ?

1. flower
   • 2002, Azeb Tadesse, “የበረሃዋ አበባ”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[1]:

     ሰሞኑን በጀርመን የበረሃዋ አበባ በተሰኘ አንድ በእዉነት ታሪክ ላይ የተመሰረተ ፊልም ለተመልካች ይቀርባል። ፊልሙ በተለይ በአፍሪቃችን በሴቶች እህቶች ላይ የሚፈጸመዉ ግርዛት ጎጂ ልማዳዊ ባህል መሆኑን ለማሳየት የቀረበ ሲሆን ፊልሙ የተቀናበረዉ በአንድ የጀርመን

     sämonun bäǧärmän yäbärähawa ʾäbäba bätäsäñä ʾänd bäʾwunät tarik lay yätämäsärätä film lätämälkač yəḳärbal. filmu bätäläy bäʾäfriḳačn bäsetoč ʾəhtoč lay yämifäṣämäwu gərzat goǧi ləmadawi bahl mähonun lämasayät yäḳäräbä sihon filmu yätäḳänabäräwu bäʾänd yäǧärmän

     Recently in Germany, a film based on a true story called Desert Flower will be presented to the audience. The film is especially intended to show that female genital mutilation is a harmful custom in Africa, and the film was composed by a German director.