ብሔር

Amharic

Noun

ብሔር • (bəḥer) (plural ብሔራት)

birthplace, homeland, nation
ethnic group, race, tribe

Ge'ez

Noun

ብሔር • (bəḥer) m (plural በሓውርት)

place, location
region, province, country
1. population, inhabitants, nations, dwellers
2. tribe, clan
3. parish, bishopric
world, earth

Derived terms

ብሔራ አግዓዚ (bəḥera ʾägʿazi , “Ethiopia, land of the free”)
እግዚአብሔር (ʾəgziʾäbḥer , “God, lord of the region/world”)

Related terms

ብሕረ (bəḥrä)
ባሕር (baḥr)
ባሕራዊ (baḥrawi)
ባሕርይ (baḥrəy)
ባሕርያዊ (baḥrəyawi)

References

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

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