አንቄ

Amharic

Alternative forms

አንጭት (ʾänč̣ət)

Etymology

Unknown. Akin to Ge'ez አንቄ (ʾänḳe) and perhaps Arabic أَنُوق‎ (ʔanūq).

Noun

አንቄ • (ʾänḳe, ʾänəḳḳe)

hawk

References

Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 1215b, 1252b

Ge'ez

Alternative forms

አንቄት (ʾänḳet)

Etymology

Unknown. Akin to Gurage anḳʼət and anḳʼit and Amharic አንቄ (ʾänḳe) and perhaps Arabic أَنُوق‎ (ʔanūq).

Noun

አንቄ • (ʾänḳe) m (plural አናቅይ (ʾänaḳy))

hawk, kite

References

Leslau, Wolf (1991), “አንቄ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 30b–31a
Dillmann, August (1865), “አንቄ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 772

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