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Ge'ez
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geez Geez
English
+ language
+ script
Alternative forms
en Geez Gi'iz Giiz Geʿez Gəʿəz
Etymology
en :bor gez:ግዕዝ + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡiːɛz/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Ge’ez.wav US
Proper noun
An Ethiopian language which is extinct but still used liturgically.
en 2019 Maaza Mengiste The Shadow King Canongate Books (2020) 328 He takes out a leather-bound Bible, written in Ge'ez, illuminated by drawings of angels with large, soulful eyes.
The writing system originally used for the Ge’ez language.
Synonyms
en Ethiopic
Translations
Ethiopian language
Amharic: am ግዕዝ
Arabic: ar جِعِزِيّ m, ar جِعِزِيَّة f
Cherokee: chr ᎩᏏ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 吉茲語 jízīyǔ
Finnish: fi muinaisetiopia, fi ge’ez, fi ge'ez
French: fr guèze m
Ge'ez: gez ግዕዝ
Georgian: ka გეეზი
German: de Altäthiopisch n
Hebrew: he גְעֵז f ge'ez, he אֶתְיוֹפִּית f etiopit
Hindi: hi गेएज़ f
Irish: ga Aetóipis f
Italian: it ge'ez m, it gheez m
Japanese: ja ゲエズ語 gēzugo
Korean: ko 그으즈어
Latin: la lingua Aethiopica f, la Aethiopicē
Persian: fa گعز ge'ez
Portuguese: pt geez m, pt gueze m, pt geês m
Russian: ru геэ́з m, ru древнеэфио́пский m язы́к
Spanish: es ge'ez m
Swahili: sw Kige'ez c7
Swedish: sv geez n
Tigrinya: ti ግዕዝ, ti ግእዝ
Turkish: tr Geez s, tr Ge'ez s
writing system
Amharic: am ፊደል
Finnish: fi etiopialainen tavukirjoitus
Hindi: hi गेएज़
Further reading
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en Ethiopia Extinct languages Languages Writing systems