Habesh

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حبش (habeş), itself from Arabic الْحَبَش (al-ḥabaš).

Proper noun

Habesh m

1. (Turkish) Habesha (former name of Ethiopia, a country in Africa)

   Synonyms: Etiopi, Absini (historical)

References

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “Habésh”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 152