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amharic

Adjective, Noun

Am=har=ic

WORDNET DICTIONARY

amharic(n = noun.communication) ethiopian language - the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact; Array

is a kind of semitic

Derived form adjective amharic₁

amharic(a = adj.pert) Array - related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic; "the Amharic language"

amharic, a.

Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. [1913 Webster]

amharic, adj. & n.
--n. the official and commercial language of Ethiopia.
--adj. of this language.

Etymology

Amhara, Ethiopian province + -IC

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