ዓለም

Amharic

Alternative forms

• አለም (ʾäläm)

Etymology

Likely a borrowing from Ge'ez ዓለም (ʿaläm, “world”). Its plural was also borrowed, as ዓለማት (ʿalämat, “universe”).

Noun

ዓለም • (ʿaläm) ?

1. universe, world

Related terms

• አለማት (ʾälämat)
• አለማዊ (ʾälämawi)
• አለማዊነት (ʾälämawinät)
• ለዘለዓለም (läzäläʿaläm)
• ለዘላለም (läzälaläm)
• የዘላለም (yäzälaläm)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1976, 1993) Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English: English-Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 120b

Ge'ez

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic עָלְמָא / ܥܳܠܡܳܐ (ʿāləmā).

Noun

ዓለም • (ʿaläm) m or f (plural ዓለማት (ʿalämat))

1. universe, world

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ዓለም”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 951–952
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 61a–b
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 37–38

Tigre

Etymology

Likely a borrowing from both Ge'ez ዓለም (ʿaläm, “world”) and Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam).

Noun

ዓለም • (ʿaläm)

1. universe, world

References

• Munzinger, Werner (1865) “ዓለም”, in Vocabulaire de la langue tigré (in French), Leipzig: T.O. Weigel^[2][3], page 54
• Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ዓለም”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎^[4], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 452a

Tigrinya

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ዓለም (ʿaläm, “world”).

Noun

ዓለም • (ʿaläm)

1. universe, world