ጥንፍ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate to Arabic طُنُف (ṭunuf).

Noun

ጥንፍ • (ṭənf) m (plural ጥነፍ (ṭənäf), and አጥናፍ (ʾäṭnaf))

  1. prominence, superstructure
  2. cornice, crossbeam of a building, joint between pillars etc.

Derived terms

  • ጠነፈ (ṭänäfä, “to transfix with a needle in order to embroider”)
  • አጥነፈ (ʾäṭnäfä, “to deck out with cornices”)
  • ጥነፍ (ṭənäf, “circumference”)

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.