ማን

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mann-. Cognates include Ge'ez መኑ (männu) and Arabic مَنْ (man).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈman/
  • Hyphenation: ማን
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

ማን • (man)

  1. who? whom?

Derived terms

See also

Amharic interrogative pronouns
singular plural
subject object subject object
animate ማን (man) ማንን (mannən)
ማነን (mannän)
ማን (man)
ማን፡ማን (man man)
እነማን (ʾənnäman)
ማን (man)
ማንን (mannən),
ማነን (mannän)
ማን (man)
inanimate ምን (mən) ምን፡ምን (mən mən)
ምንና፡ምን (mənənna mən)
ምኖች (mənočč)

References

  • Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ማን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 22