Ethiopic
/ˌiːθɪˈɒpɪk
/noun
another term for Ge'ez.As a teenager and adult he studied Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Chaldean, Chinese, Coptic, Ethiopic, Sanskrit, Zend, Pahlevi and Persian....
- The translation of the Bible into Latin marks the beginning of a parting of the ways between Western Latin-speaking Christianity and Eastern Christianity, which spoke Greek, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, and other languages.
- Dedicating himself to the study of various oriental languages - including Persian, Ethiopic, Sanskrit, Zend, Pahlevi and Arabic - Champollion also began work on a dictionary and grammar of the Coptic language.
adjective
In or relating to Ge’ez.The complete text was thought to have perished when it was discovered in two Ethiopic manuscripts in Abyssinia, by the traveller Bruce in 1773....
- Arabic is a Semitic language related to Aramaic, Hebrew, various Ethiopic languages, and others.
- It was not until 1773 that two Ethiopic manuscripts were discovered in Abyssinia.
Origin
Mid 17th century (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek aithiopikos, from Aethiops (see Ethiopia).
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