ምድር

Amharic

Etymology

From Ge'ez ምድር (mədr).

Noun

ምድር • (mədr) ?

1. earth; soil; land; ground

   Synonym: መሬት (märet)

Proper noun

ምድር • (mədr) ?

1. the Earth

   Synonym: መሬት (märet)

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mVdr- (“clod”). Cognate with Arabic مَدَرٌ (madarun), Classical Syriac ܡܶܕܪܳܐ.

Noun

ምድር • (mədr)

1. earth, world
2. land, nation
3. field, lands
4. soil, ground
5. dust
6. floor, pavement

Descendants

• Amharic: ምድር (mədr)

References

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