Road to Ethiopia - Camino a Etiopia

My journey to Ethiopian culture

Amharic. Name of the month: Wärq / Wärqitu

Posted in June 1st, 2009

by Alicia in Amharic, Culture, Ethiopia, Names

One very common name in Ethiopia that depicts the high value that a child has for the parents is Wärk’ (or Wärq - ወርቅ) sometimes transliterated in Latin letters as WERK and others as WORK. The meaning is “gold” and represents value, excellence and rarity. The masculine form is Wärk’ (ወርቅ); the feminine version is [...]

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Amharic. Name of the month: Abäba

Posted in May 1st, 2009

by Alicia in Amharic, Culture, Ethiopia, Names

Since this is the first post of a series about Ethiopian names, I’ve decided to start with the name Abäba () since it is part of the name of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.The name means “a flower” and in its original form it’s a girl’s name. As is usual in Ethiopian names it can be [...]