ካህን

Amharic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew כהן, Aramaic כהנא, Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ, Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin).

Noun

ካህን • (kahn) m

1. (Christianity) priest, pastor, clergyman
2. (Judaism) kahen

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew כהן, Aramaic כהנא, Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ, Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin).

Noun

ካህን • (kahn) m (plural ካህናት)

1. (Christianity) priest, clergyman
2. (Judaism) kahen

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ካህን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel