ዑቦል
Tigrinya
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate to Tigre ዖበል (ʿobäl) of same meaning. Maybe borrowed from Southern Arabic عَبَل (ʕabal, “Calligonum gen. et spp.”), a comparable desert shrub of the same order.
Noun
[edit]ዑቦል • (ʿubol)
- tamarisk, especially Nile tamarisk (Tamarix nilotica)