እጅ

Amharic

እጅ(1)።

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *yad-. Cognates include Ge'ez እድ (ʾəd) and Arabic يَد (yad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)ɨd͡ʒː/
• Hyphenation: እጅ

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Noun

እጅ • (ʾəǧǧ) m

1. arm, hand
2. (figurative) power
3. (figurative) authority

Coordinate terms

• (arm, hand): እግር (ʾəgər, “leg, foot”)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “እጅ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 14