መርከብ

Amharic

Etymology

From Ge'ez መርከብ (märkäb).

Noun

መርከብ • (märkäb) m

1. boat

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic مَرْكَبٌ (markabun), Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܟܰܒܬܳܐ, Hebrew מרכבה. See ረክብ (räkb).

Noun

መርከብ • (märkäb)

1. boat, ship

Descendants

• Amharic: መርከብ (märkäb)
• Tigrinya: መርከብ (märkäb)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “መርከብ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Ge'ez መርከብ (märkäb).

Noun

መርከብ • (märkäb) m

1. boat