ሕጻን

Tigrinya

Root
ሐ-ጸ-ነ (ḥä-ṣä-nä)
1 term

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Arabic حِضْن (ḥiḍn, “breast, bosom”).

Noun

ሕጻን • (ḥəṣan) ? (plural ሕጻናት (ḥəṣanat))

  1. baby, infant, toddler
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) child
  3. kindergarten

References

  • Yaroslav Gutgarts, Filip Busau (2022), Tigrinisch-Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 57
  • Leslau, Wolf (1987), “ḥaḍana”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, reprinted 1991, 1997 and 2006, page 226b
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