እናት

Amharic

Etymology

Related to Afar iná. Possibly borrowed from Old Nubian én.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɨnːat/
• Hyphenation: እ‧ናት

• Audio:

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Noun

እናት • (ʼənnat) f

1. mother
2. original, source

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms

• (mother): አባት (ʾabbat, “father”)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እናት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Browne, Gerald M - Old Nubian Dictionary - Claremont School of Theology - 1996 - p 72