Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Semitic language that is the official language of Ethiopia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Abyssinian languages . - noun The modern cultivated language of Abyssinia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
Semitic language spoken inEthiopia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic
- noun the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Their publication program of books in English and Amharic is notable with Jane Kurtz as one of their principal authors and a system in place to support Ethiopian illustrators for their books.
University 2009
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Their publication program of books in English and Amharic is notable with Jane Kurtz as one of their principal authors and a system in place to support Ethiopian illustrators for their books.
February 2009 2009
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Their publication program of books in English and Amharic is notable with Jane Kurtz as one of their principal authors and a system in place to support Ethiopian illustrators for their books.
Supporting Literacy in Ethiopia through Libraries and Reading Rooms -Asselin and Doiron 2009
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Silly Mammo is the first book that the EBCEF has published in three languages: alongside the pictures are parallel texts in English, Amharic and Sidama - the local language of the region round Awassa.
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He knew Abyssinia inside out, spoke Amharic, which is the principal lingo of the country, and had been drill instructor in the service of Emperor Theodore, who had particularly admired his party trick of cleaving a sheep in two (lengthwise, God help us) with a single sword-stroke.
Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005
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The narrow cloisters were packed with humanity, and as they made their way through the press, with the honour guard of acolytes clearing a way for them, black faces called Amharic greetings and black hands reached out to touch them.
The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995
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That meant programmers writing in scripts such as Amharic or Cherokee, which have been added since then, can't use their characters in tag or attribute names.
Channel Register 2008
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In order to write a word in Amharic, you’d take one letter and make a slight deviation.
Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 1965
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People have to have a voice that connects them to their community, says Hussien Mohamed, director of Sagal Radio Services, a non-profit group that since 1998 has provided weekly programs in Somali, Swahili, Amharic and Bhutanese-Nepali to Atlanta area stations.
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People have to have a voice that connects them to their community, says Hussien Mohamed, director of Sagal Radio Services, a non-profit group that since 1998 has provided weekly programs in Somali, Swahili, Amharic and Bhutanese-Nepali to Atlanta area stations.
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