ክርስትና

Amharic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ክርስትና (krəstənna).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ክርስትና • (krəstənna) m

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