ጀንቢል

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Tigre[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic زَنْبِيل (zanbīl).

Noun[edit]

ጀንቢል (ǧänbil) (plural ጀናቢል (ǧänabil))

  1. basket (from palm-branches)

References[edit]

  • Kogan, Leonid, Bulakh, Maria (2011 March 8) “Arabic influences on Tigre: A preliminary evaluation”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, volume 74, number 1, →DOI, page 24
  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ጀንቢል”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 553a
  • Raz, Shlomo (1983) Tigre grammar and texts (Afroasiatic Dialects; 4), Malibu: Undena Publications, →ISBN, page 20