Amharic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amharic \Am*har"ic\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the
     Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. -- n. The
     Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Amharic
       adj : related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic; "the
             Amharic language"
       n : the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a semitic
           language much influenced by the Cushitic language with
           which Amhara people have been in close contact [syn: {Ethiopian
           language}]