አንበሳ

Amharic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ዐንበሳ (ʿänbäsa), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ʔ)anˈbəsːa/
  • Hyphenation: አን‧በ‧ሳ

Noun

አንበሳ • (ʾanbässa) m (plural አንብስት (ʾanbəst))

  1. lion (Panthera leo)

References

  • Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “አንበሳ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16
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