ዳብር
Ge'ez
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]ደብር m (däbr), plural: ደብራት (däbrat)
Etymology
[edit]From the Proto-Semitic root d-b-r which has the general meanings 'to follow, to come or be behind, to lead.' Possibly a variant of ደብር (däbr); see the etymology under this lemma.
Noun
[edit]ዳብር • (dabr) m (plural ዳብራት (dabrat))
- territory
- city
- village
References
[edit]- Dillmann, August (1865) “ዳብር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ዳብር”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 121b