ደብር

Amharic

Noun

ደብር • (däbr) m

1. church

See also

• ቤተ ክርስቲያን (betä kərsətiyan)

Ge'ez

Etymology

From the Proto-Semitic root d-b-r which has the general meanings 'to follow, to come or be behind, to lead.' Cognates include Arabic دَبْرٌ (dabrun), دُبْرٌ (dubrun, “back, hinder part”), Arabic دَبْرَةٌ (dabratun, “open field”) from دَبْرٌ (dabrun, “mountain”), which may be a borrowed from Ge'ez ደብር (däbr). Other cognates include Biblical Hebrew דֹבֶר (doβer, “pasture”), Aramaic דַבּרָא (dabbərā, “pasture, field”), Classical Syriac ܕܒܪܐ (daβrā, daβro, “pasture, field”)

Noun

ደብር • (däbr) m (plural አድባራት (ʾädbarat) or አድባር (ʾädbar))

1. mountain
   • Genesis 22:14

     ወሰመዮ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ለውእቱ ፡ መካን ፡ ርእየ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ከመ ፡ ይበሉ ፡ ዮም ፡ ውስተ ፡ ደብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ርእየ ።

     wäsämäyo ʾäbrəham läwʾətu mäkan rəʾyä ʾəgziʾäbḥer kämä yəbälu yom wəstä däbrä ʾəgziʾäbḥer rəʾyä .

     So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

2. mountain range, hills
3. city, metropolis
4. boundary, border
   • Exodus 13:7

     ናእተ ፡ ትበልዑ ፡ ሰቡዐ ፡ ዕለተ ፡ ወኢያስተርኢክሙ ፡ ብሑእ ፡ ወኢየሀሉ ፡ ብሕእት ፡ ውስተ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ አድባሪክሙ ።

     naʾtä təbälʿu säbuʿä ʿəlätä wäʾiyastärʾikmu bəḥuʾ wäʾiyähälu bəḥʾət wəstä kʷəlu ʾädbarikmu .

     Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.

5. diocese
6. monastery, convent
7. church
8. Alternative spelling of ዳብር (dabr)

Related terms

• ደብር ቅዱስ (däbr ḳəddus)
• ደብረ ሀገር (däbrä hägär)
• ዘደብረ ታቦር (zädäbrä tabor)
• ደብረ ዘይት (däbrä zäyt)
• ዘደብረ ዘይት (zädäbrä zäyt)
• አድባር (ʾädbar)
• አድባራት (ʾädbarat)
• ደብራዊ (däbrawi)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ደብር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ደብር”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 121a