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Amharic

Am-har′ic

,

Adj.

Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia;

as, the

Amharic

language is closely allied to the Ethiopic

.

–

Noun.

The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).

Definition 2024

Amharic

Amharic

See also: amhàric

English

Proper noun

Amharic

A Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia.

Synonyms

(language): Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Ethiopian

Translations

language

Afrikaans: Amharies
Amharic: አማርኛ ‎(ʾämarəñña)
Arabic: أَمْهَرِيّ m ‎(ʾamhariyy), أَمْهَرِيَّة f ‎(ʾamhariyya)
Armenian: ամհարերեն (hy) ‎(amhareren)
Catalan: amhàric (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿姆哈拉語, 阿姆哈拉语 ‎(āmǔhālāyǔ), 阿比西尼亞官語, 阿比西尼亚官语 ‎(ābǐxīníyǎ guānyǔ)
Czech: amharština (cs) f
Dutch: Amhaars (nl) n, Amharisch (nl) n
Faroese: amhariskt
Finnish: amhara (fi), amharan kieli
French: amharique (fr) m
German: Amarinya (de) n, Amharisch (de) n
Gujarati: આમ્હારિક ‎(āmhārik)
Hebrew: אַמְהָרִית (he) f ‎(ama'harit)
Hindi: अम्हरी f ‎(amharī)
Hungarian: amhara (hu)
Icelandic: amharíska (is) f
Irish: Amáiris f
Italian: amarico (it)
Japanese: アムハラ語 (ja) ‎(amuharago)
Korean: 암하라어 ‎(amhara-eo)

Maltese: Amħariku
Marathi: आम्हारिक ‎(āmhārik)
Moksha: амкарань ‎(amkaranʹ)
Navajo: Amhara Dineʼé bizaad
Nepali: अम्हारिक ‎(amhārik)
Norwegian: amharisk (no)
Polish: amharski (pl) m
Portuguese: amárico (pt), amharico
Russian: амха́рский (ru) m ‎(amxárskij) (язы́к)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: а̀мхарскӣ

Roman: àmharskī (sh)
Sindhi: اَمهارِي (sd) ‎(amhari)
Somali: Amxaari, Axmaari
Spanish: amárico (es)
Swahili: Kiamhara
Swedish: amhariska (sv)
Thai: ภาษาอัมฮาริค ‎(paasăa amhaarík)
Tigrinya: ኣምሓረኛ (ti) ‎(ʾamḥaräñña)
Turkish: Amharca (tr)
Urdu: امہاري f ‎(amhārī)

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Amharic terms
Amharic language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Amharic edition of Wiktionary

ISO 639-1 code am, ISO 639-3 code amh

Ethnologue entry for Amharic, am

Anagrams

machair