ክርስትና

Amharic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ክርስትና (krəstənna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krɨsˈtɨnːa/
  • Hyphenation: ክርስ‧ት‧ና

Noun

ክርስትና • (krəstənnam

  1. Christianity
  2. baptism, christening

References

  • 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