ዴቤቅ

Ge'ez

Etymology

The etymology of this word is not given in any lexicon. Perhaps derived from Ge'ez ደበቀ (däbäḳä, “ambush, conceal, hide”).

Noun

ዴቤቅ • (debeḳ)

1. fort, fortress
2. tower

Synonyms

• (fort, fortress): ሕጽን (ḥəṣn), ቅልዓ (ḳəlʿa), ቀጽር (ḳäṣr), ጥቅም (ṭəḳm), ጸወን (ṣäwän), ጽርሕ (ṣərḥ), ፀወን (ṣ́äwän)
• (tower): መኅፈድ (mäḫfäd), አጽሕርት (ʾäṣḥərt)

References

• Grébaut, Sylvain (1952) Supplément au Lexicon linguæ æthiopicæ de August Dillmann (1865) et édition du lexique de Juste d'Urbin (1850-55) (in French), Paris: Imprimerie nationale, page 438
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ዴቤቅ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 121a