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ላዕል
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...21; Num. 34,10; 1 Esr. 9,47; Gen. 15,5; Hen. ...

ሆከ
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... ሆከ I,1 subj. ይሁክ፡ ...

ሰብሐ
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...40,3; Jer. 38,7; ይሴብሑ፡ ወያነቡ፡ ὑμῳδοῦντες 1 Par. 25,6; c. Acc. laudis: ሰብሑ፡ ማሕ...

አረሳዊ
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... 13-14, 270 l. 1 (ed.), 103 l. 30–31 ...

ገራድ
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...II l. 4–6 (ed.), 28 III l. 5, 29 III l. 1–4 (tr.); ሶበኒ፡ ተንሥኡ፡ ላዕሌሁ፡ እማዓበይተ፡ ገራ...

ባቡላ
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... etiopici, vd. 17-18 n. 1; all’ipotesi...

ርካብ
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... 147 33-36, 148 l. 1 (tr.); ወእንዘ፡ ሀሎነ፡ በድባርዋ፡ ፈነወ፡ ባሻ፡ አም...

ከንቲባ
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... ’ 75 l. 35–36, 76 l. 1 (ed.), ...

መድሎት
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...g. 10,17; ወተረክበ፡ መድሎተ፡ ውእቱ፡ አክሊል፡ መክሊተ፡ 1 Par. 20,2; በመድሎት፡ ዘዲድርክሜ፡ ፬ Job 42,1...

ዘመን
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... : ለእመ፡ ዘመን፡ አንሥአት፡ ሞገዳ፡ Sx. Pag. 1 Enc. – (2 Reg. 22,3 interpres καιρό...

ማዕበል
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...ዐሎ፡ ወምንሀቦ፡ Sir. 38,28; ut ὀδούς dens 1 Reg. 13,21. σκεῦος σιδηροῦν ማዕበለ፡...

ንስቲት
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...ልት፡ μικρὰ μερίς Prov. 15,16; Hez. 17,6; 1 Reg. 2,19; Jac. 3,5; ንስቲት፡ መሶብ፡ Sx. ...

ሕሡም
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...ት፡ ሕሡም፡ ወሕሙይ፡ ፍትወት፡ Jsp. p. 381; ἀδικία 1 Reg. 28,10; λοιμός 29,10; ትነቡ፡ ሕሡመ፡ ...

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...33,8; Gen. 33,10; Gen. 39,4; Ruth 2,10; 1 Reg. 20,3; Esth. 8,5 vel seq. ኀበ፡ et...

ሐነጸ
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... I,1 [amh. ሐነጸ፡ et አነጸ፡; etymo convenire ...

ሰንበት
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...ue fem. , Pl. ሰናብት፡ et ሰንበታት፡ [אַבָּת] 1) sabba...

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...አሕዛብ፡ እለ፡ ዐውድነ፡ 2 Esr. 16,16; Ps. 88,8; 1 Reg. 12,11; ኵሉ፡ ዘዐውዱ፡ (v. ዐውዶ፡) Job ...

ተልዕለ
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...errime usitata est, rarissime ተልዕለ፡ III,1 ut Judith 9,7 ...

ውዕየ
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... I,1 [in caeteris linguis deest, ni forte...

ነፅኀ
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... (etiam ነጽኀ፡) I,1 [significatu, fortasse etiam etymo c...

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žān , ዠን፡ žan , ዛን፡ zān , ጃን፡ ǧān Substantivumsubst.
1) the first component of a title, court officeren
Compounds
a) ዣን፡ ሐጸና፡ žān ḥaṣanā , ዠን፡ ሐጸና፡ žan ḥaṣanā , ዠን፡ ሐፀና፡ žan ḥaḍanā , ዛን፡ ሐጸና፡ zān ḥaṣanā , ዛንሐጸና፡ zānḥaṣanā (title) officer of the royal palace 1867a ቀሚሰሂ፡ ፀዓዳ፡ ኢይለብሱ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ቀላሚ፡ ወኳፍሬ፡ ወሾቍጤ። እመሂ፡ አዛዝያን፡ ወእመሂ፡ ጌቶች፡ እመሂ፡ ሊቀ፡ መጣኒ፡ ምስለ፡ እሊአሁ፡ ዣን፡ ማስ{sic}ሮች፡ ወኢቃቄታች፡ ምስለ፡ እሊአሁ፡ ዣን፡ ሐጸና። ‘Ils ne portaient pas la tunique blanche, mais le Qalâmi, le Kuâfrê et le Shôquetê, et cette tenue était obligatoire aussi bien pour les Azâzĕyân que pour les Gêtôtj, le Liqa Matâni et ses gens, les Jân Mâsrôtj, le Iqâqêtâtj et ses gens et le Jân Haçanâ*fr’ 33 l. 4–7 (ed.), 33 l. 4–8 (tr.); ዛን፡ ሐጸና፡ በኃይሉ፡ ‘le zān ḥaṣanā, Baḫāylufr’ 27 l. 12 (ed.), 31 l. 7 (tr.); 28 l. 5 (ed.), 32 l. 9–10 (tr.); ወዣን፡ ሐፀና፡ ጊዮርጊስ፤ ‘et le žān ḥaṣanā, Giyorgisfr’ 31 l. 32, 32 l. 1 (ed.), 37 l. 7 (tr.), ዛንሐጸና፡ ሃኖ፡ ‘le za{sic}nḥaṣanā, Hānofr’ 33 l. 14–15 (ed.), 38 l. 30 (tr.), videasvid. ሐጸና፡
b) ዣን፡ መአሰሬ፡ žān maʾasare , ዠን፡ መአሰሬ፡ žan maʾasare , ዛን፡ መአሰሬ፡ zān maʾasare , ዣን፡ ማሰሬ፡ žān māsare pluralisPl. ዣን፡ ማሰሮች፡ žān māsaročč (title) chief of protocol in the Gondarine monarchy who introduced foreigners of status to the monarch 1867a ወለሐናፅያኒሂ፡ አዘዝዎሙ፡ ለእመ፡ ጸነ፡ ከመ፡ ያርትዑ፡ ራቅ፡ ማሰሮችሰ፡ ዘየማን፡ ወዘፀጋም፡ ኢይልበሱ፡ ቀማይሲሆሙ፡ እስከ፡ ይትፌጸም፡ ውእቱ፡ ገብረ፡ ጃጐል፡ ወዣን፡ ማሰሬሂ፡ ከመ{sic}ሆሙ፡ ኢይልበሱ፡ እለ፡ ይሰርሑ፡ ጃጐለ፡ ‘Il recommanda aux constructeurs de veiller à ce qu’il fût bien aligné, sans aucune déviation, et aux Râq Mâsarôtj de droite et de gauche, ainsi qu’aux Jân Mâsarê qui étaient employés à la construction du Djagual, de ne pas prendre leurs tuniques jusqu'à ce que ce travail fût achevéfr’ 23 l. 9–24 l. 4 (ed.), 24 l. 1–5 (tr.); ቀሚሰሂ፡ ፀዓዳ፡ ኢይለብሱ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ቀላሚ፡ ወኳፍሬ፡ ወሾቍጤ። እመሂ፡ አዛዝያን፡ ወእመሂ፡ ጌቶች፡ እመሂ፡ ሊቀ፡ መጣኒ፡ ምስለ፡ እሊአሁ፡ ዣን፡ ማስ{sic}ሮች፡ ወኢቃቄታች፡ ምስለ፡ እሊአሁ፡ ዣን፡ ሐጸና። ‘Ils ne portaient pas la tunique blanche, mais le Qalâmi, le Kuâfrê et le Shôquetê, et cette tenue était obligatoire aussi bien pour les Azâzĕyân que pour les Gêtôtj, le Liqa Matâni et ses gens, les Jân Mâsrôtj, le Iqâqêtâtj et ses gens et le Jân Haçanâ*fr’ 33 l. 4–7 (ed.), 33 l. 4–8 (tr.); ወበሳኒታሁ፡ አዘዘ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ከመ፡ ያስተጋብዕዎሙ፡ ለኵሎሙ፡ ዣን፡ ማሰሮች፡ ወያብዕዎሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ጃጐል፡፡ ‘Le lendemain, Ba’eda Mâryâm donna l’ordre de réunir tous les Jân Mâsarôtj et de les amener dans le Djagualfr’ 162 l. 7–9 (ed.), 162 l. 8–10 (tr.); ዛን፡ መአሰሬ፡ ገብረ፡ ማርያም፡ ‘le zān maʾasarē, Gabra Māryāmfr’ 27 l. 12–13 (ed.), 31 l. 7–8 (tr.); 31 l. 32 (ed.), 37 l. 6 (tr.); ዣን፡ መአሰሬ፡ ሰመረ፡ ጽዮን፡ ‘et le žān maʾasarē, Samara Ṣyonfr’ 37 l. 18 (ed.), 44 l. 6–7 (tr.), videasvid. መአሰሬ፡
c) ዣን፡ ተከል፡ žān takal one of the junior officers of the royal household 733a ዣን፡ ተከል፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ‘et le žān takal, Afa Warqfr’ 43 l. 32 (ed.), 52 l. 14–15 (tr.), videasvid. ተከል፡
d) ዣን፡ ደረባ፡ žān darabā , ዣንደረባ፡ žāndarabā , ጃንደረባ፡ ǧāndarabā pluralisPl. ዣንደረቦች፡ žāndarabočč ‘eunuchen, chamberlainen (in the Gondarine monarchy)’ 1867b ወዣን፡ ደረባ፡ ዛን፡ ባርያ፡ ‘le žān darabā, Zān Bāryāfr’ 37 l. 19 (ed.), 44 l. 8 (tr.); ዣንደረቦች፡ አዛጅ፡ ዮናዳብ፡ ወአምኃ፡ ‘et les žāndarabā étaient l’azāž{sic} Yonādāb et Amḫāfr’ 41 l. 16–17 (ed.), 49 l. 6 (tr.), videasvid. ደረባ፡
e) ዣን፡ ጽራር፡ žān ṣǝrār , ዣንጽራር፡ žānṣǝrār , ዣን፡ ጥራር፡ žān ṭǝrār (title) governor of Wādlā 637a ወቃለ፡ ዓፄሂ፡ ዘዣንጽራር፡ ጔታ፡ ሐብተ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ‘le qāla ḥ{sic}aṣē, žān ṣerār guiētā, Ḥabta Mikā’ēlfr’ 31 l. 14 (ed.), 36 l. 18–19 (tr.); ወዣን፡ ጽራር፡ አቤል፡ ‘le žān ṣerār, Abēlfr’ 31 l. 32 (ed.), 37 l. 6–7 (tr.), videasvid. ጽራር፡
Comparative and etymological data
from Amharic ጃን ǧān or ዣን žān , probably from Agaw ‘elephant’ (for more information see )
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PoS subst.n. pr.
transcription žān žan zān ǧān žān ḥaṣanā žan ḥaṣanā žan ḥaḍanā zān ḥaṣanā zānḥaṣanā žān maʾasare žan maʾasare zān maʾasare žān māsare žān māsaročč žān takal žān darabā žāndarabā ǧāndarabā žāndarabočč žān ṣǝrār žānṣǝrār žān ṭǝrār ǧān žān
translations court officer en Ils ne portaient pas la tunique blanche, mais le Qalâmi, le Kuâfrê et le Shôquetê, et cette tenue était obligatoire aussi bien pour les Azâzĕyân que pour les Gêtôtj, le Liqa Matâni et ses gens, les Jân Mâsrôtj, le Iqâqêtâtj et ses gens et le Jân Haçanâ* fr le zān ḥaṣanā, Baḫāylu fr et le žān ḥaṣanā, Giyorgis fr le za{sic}nḥaṣanā, Hāno fr Il recommanda aux constructeurs de veiller à ce qu’il fût bien aligné, sans aucune déviation, et aux Râq Mâsarôtj de droite et de gauche, ainsi qu’aux Jân Mâsarê qui étaient employés à la construction du Djagual, de ne pas prendre leurs tuniques jusqu'à ce que ce travail fût achevé fr Ils ne portaient pas la tunique blanche, mais le Qalâmi, le Kuâfrê et le Shôquetê, et cette tenue était obligatoire aussi bien pour les Azâzĕyân que pour les Gêtôtj, le Liqa Matâni et ses gens, les Jân Mâsrôtj, le Iqâqêtâtj et ses gens et le Jân Haçanâ* fr Le lendemain, Ba’eda Mâryâm donna l’ordre de réunir tous les Jân Mâsarôtj et de les amener dans le Djagual fr le zān maʾasarē, Gabra Māryām fr et le žān maʾasarē, Samara Ṣyon fr et le žān takal, Afa Warq fr eunuch en chamberlain en le žān darabā, Zān Bāryā fr et les žāndarabā étaient l’azāž{sic} Yonādāb et Amḫā fr le qāla ḥ{sic}aṣē, žān ṣerār guiētā, Ḥabta Mikā’ēl fr le žān ṣerār, Abēl fr
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bibliography 1867a 33 l. 4–7 (ed.), 33 l. 4–8 (tr.) 27 l. 12 (ed.) 31 l. 7 (tr.) 28 l. 5 (ed.) 32 l. 9–10 (tr.) 31 l. 32, 32 l. 1 (ed.) 37 l. 7 (tr.) 33 l. 14–15 (ed.) 38 l. 30 (tr.) 1867a 23 l. 9–24 l. 4 (ed.), 24 l. 1–5 (tr.) 33 l. 4–7 (ed.), 33 l. 4–8 (tr.) 162 l. 7–9 (ed.), 162 l. 8–10 (tr.) 27 l. 12–13 (ed.) 31 l. 7–8 (tr.) 31 l. 32 (ed.) 37 l. 6 (tr.) 37 l. 18 (ed.) 44 l. 6–7 (tr.) 733a 43 l. 32 (ed.) 52 l. 14–15 (tr.) 1867b 37 l. 19 (ed.) 44 l. 8 (tr.) 41 l. 16–17 (ed.) 49 l. 6 (tr.) 637a 31 l. 14 (ed.) 36 l. 18–19 (tr.) 31 l. 32 (ed.) 37 l. 6–7 (tr.)
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  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska correction on 7.3.2022
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  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added cross - reference on 4.3.2022
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  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added witness on 4.3.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added new compound on 4.3.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added cross / reference on 4.3.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added witness on 23.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added new compound on 21.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added "title" on 21.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added cross/refernce on 21.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added new witness on 21.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added new withnesses on 21.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added new witness on 15.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added new info on 10.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska correction on 10.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added new compounds on 10.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska correction on 10.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added bibliography on 10.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added parenthesis on 10.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added "title" on 10.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added cross - references on 10.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska added links on 10.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska correction on 10.2.2022
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska corr on 6.12.2018
  • Magdalena Krzyżanowska cross-reference on 6.12.2018
  • Vitagrazia Pisani revision on 28.3.2018
  • Vitagrazia Pisani "e.g." added on 28.3.2018
  • Vitagrazia Pisani Lemma in the entry deleted and PoS added. on 19.1.2018
  • Vitagrazia Pisani ፡ after the Lemma; e.g. and n.pr. deleted on 17.1.2018
  • Vitagrazia Pisani entry traces updated. on 9.8.2017
  • Vitagrazia Pisani in the lemma: ፡ delited on 9.8.2017
  • Vitagrazia Pisani Entry of Sense traces updated. on 3.8.2017
  • Andreas Ellwardt last updated txt file and doc file of Lexicon on 19.4.2017
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo exported from lexicon to XML on 16.1.2017
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo updated lexicon XML file adding nested senses on 16.1.2017
  • Andreas Ellwardt updated txt file and doc file of Lexicon on 22.11.2016
    ዣን, lemma contributed by Andreas Ellwardt Pietro Maria Liuzzo Vitagrazia Pisani Magdalena Krzyżanowska to the Online Lexicon Linguae Aethiopicae, ed. Alessandro Bausi, last modified on 2022-08-17 https://betamasaheft.eu/Dillmann/lemma/Lf6d41651ab0449f2ad1c8ebe891cb790 , accessed on 2024-11-12

Attestations in the Beta maṣāḥǝft corpus

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