ዘይት

Amharic

Etymology

A culture word borrowed from Aramaic זיתא / ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā).

Noun

ዘይት • (zäyt) ?

1. oil

Related terms

• ዘይቶን (zäyton, “olive”)

Ge'ez

Etymology

A culture word borrowed from Aramaic זיתא / ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā). According to Leslau it reached Geʿez through Arabic زَيْت (zayt).

Noun

ዘይት • (zäyt) m or f

1. olive tree

   Synonym: ዘይቶን (zäyton)

2. olive
3. oil

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ዘይት”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1063
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ዘይት”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 647a
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 42

Harari

Etymology

Perhaps from Arabic زَيْت (zayt), else via other Ethiopian Semitic languages from Aramaic זיתא / ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā).

Noun

ዘይት (zäyt)

1. olive oil