Amharic

[ am-har-ik, ahm-hahr- ]

noun
  1. the Semitic language that is the official language of Ethiopia.

adjective
  1. of or relating to this language or its speakers.

Origin of Amharic

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; Amhar(a) + -ic

Words Nearby Amharic

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Amharic in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for Amharic

Amharic

/ (æmˈhærɪk) /


noun
  1. the official language of Ethiopia, belonging to the SE Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family

adjective
  1. denoting or relating to this language

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012