Word "flag" in Amharic

Last modified: 2025-06-19 by antónio martins
Keywords: banədera | ɂalama | sänədäḳə |
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ባንዴራ

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• Word " ባንዴራ "
• Word " ዓላማ "
• Word " ሰንደቅ "

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Overview

The title of the Amharic Wikipedia article about "flag" consists of two words: "ሰንደቅ | sänədäḳə" and "ዓላማ | ɂalama".
António Martins, 15 Aug 2007

Word " ባንዴራ "

Word:

ባንዴራ

Transliteration:

banədera

Script:

Ethiopic

Etym. family:

*band-

Meaning:

flag

Identicals:

1 other wordform

External links:

• in the English Wikitionary

Word " ዓላማ "

Word:

ዓላማ

Transliteration:

ɂalama

Script:

Ethiopic

Etym. family:

*ala

Meaning:

emblem

External links:

• Amharic Wikipedia article about ዓላማ
• in the English Wikitionary

"ዓላማ | ɂalama" (just like Oromo "allaba"), shares a common etym (Arabic?) with unrelated and distant languages such as Kurdish or Chuvash.
António Martins, 15 Aug 2007

Word " ሰንደቅ "

Word:

ሰንደቅ

Transliteration:

sänədäḳə

Script:

Ethiopic

Etym. family:

*sanjak

Meaning:

banner

External links:

• Amharic Wikipedia article about ሰንደቅ
• in the English Wikitionary

"ሰንደቅ | sänədäḳə" is a cognate of modern Turkish "sancak" along with other "flag" words in several languages.
António Martins, 15 Aug 2007

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