Amharic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ክርስትና (krəstənna).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /krɨsˈtɨnːa/
- Hyphenation: ክርስ‧ት‧ና
ክርስትና • (krəstənna) m
- Christianity
- baptism, christening
References[edit]
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ክርስትና”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 8