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Etymology[edit]
From Ge'ez ግዕዝ (gəʿz).
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Proper noun[edit]
Ge’ez
- An Ethiopian language which is extinct but still used liturgically.
2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 328:He takes out a leather-bound Bible, written in Ge'ez, illuminated by drawings of angels with large, soulful eyes.
- The writing system originally used for the Ge’ez language.
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Ethiopian language
- Amharic: ግዕዝ (gəʿz)
- Arabic: جِعِزِيّ m (jiʕiziyy), جِعِزِيَّة f (jiʕiziyya)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 吉茲語/吉兹语 (jízīyǔ)
- Finnish: muinaisetiopia (fi), ge’ez, ge’ez
- French: guèze (fr) m
- Ge'ez: ግዕዝ (gəʿz)
- Georgian: გეეზი (geezi)
- German: Altäthiopisch (de) n
- Hebrew: גְעֵז f (ge'ez), אֶתְיוֹפִּית f (etiopit)
- Irish: Aetóipis f
- Italian: ge'ez m, gheez m
- Japanese: ゲエズ語 (gēzugo)
- Korean: 그으즈어 (geueujeueo)
- Latin: lingua Aethiopica f, Aethiopicē
- Portuguese: geez (pt) m, gueze m, geês m
- Russian: геэ́з (ru) m (geéz), древнеэфио́пский m (drevneefiópskij) (язы́к)
- Spanish: ge'ez m
- Swahili: Kige'ez class 7
- Tigrinya: ግዕዝ (gəʿz), ግእዝ (gəʾz)
- Turkish: Geez sg, Ge'ez sg
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