ብርክ
Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”). From same root as በረከከ (bäräkäkä, “kneel”), ተንበረከከ (tänbäräkäkä, “kneel”). Cognate with Tigrinya ተምበርከኸ (tämbärkäxä, “kneel”).
Noun
ብርክ • (bərk) ?
References
Ge'ez
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”). Cognate with Amharic ብርክ (bərk, “knee”), Tigrinya ብርኪ (bərki, “knee”).
Noun
ብርክ • (bərk) m or f
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ብርክ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
- Dillmann, August (1866), Chrestomathia Aethiopica edita et glossario explanata[1] (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, page 212
- Leslau, Wolf (1987), “ብርክ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, reprinted 1991, 1997 and 2006, page 105