አንቄ

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Amharic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. Akin to Ge'ez አንቄ (ʾänḳe) and perhaps Arabic أَنُوق (ʔanūq).

Noun

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አንቄ (ʾänḳe, ʾänəḳḳe)

  1. hawk

References

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  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አንቄ & አንጭት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 1215b, 1252b

Ge'ez

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. Akin to Gurage anḳʼət and anḳʼit and Amharic አንቄ (ʾänḳe) and perhaps Arabic أَنُوق (ʔanūq).

Noun

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አንቄ (ʾänḳem (plural አናቅይ (ʾänaḳy))

  1. hawk, kite

References

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