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Definition of Amharic

1. Noun. The dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact.

2. Adjective. Related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic. "The Amharic language"

Definition of Amharic

1. a. Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic.

Definition of Amharic

1. Proper noun. A Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Amharic

1. Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amharic

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amfepramone amfetamine amfetamines amfonelic acid amharic amia amiabilities amiability amiable amiableness

amiablenesses amiably amiantaceous amianth amianthiform amianthoid amianthus amianthuses amiantus

Literary usage of Amharic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels in southern Abyssinia: Through the Country of Adal to the Kingdom of by Charles Johnston (1844)
"Study of Amharic.—Remarks upon wet season in Abyssinia. ... FOR several days I continued to apply closely to the study of the Amharic language. ..."

2. General Principles of the Structure of Language by James Byrne (1892)
"GRAMMATICAL SKETCHES : Amharic. Ethiopic likes to bring the antecedent or an adjective which agrees ith it into the relative sentence (as in classical ..."

3. A Catalogue of Books, Arranged in Classes: Comprising All Departments of by Bernard Quaritch (1864)
"... Amharic-English and English-Amharic, 3 vols, in Ь 2948 Amharic. ... Amharic Grammar, roy. ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Very different is the case with Amharic, a language of which the domain extends from ... Although Amharic has been driven back by the invasions of the Galla ..."

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