I haven’t mentioned Amharic dictionaries yet. There are not too many to choose from, at least in the US. I have been using two of them: Concise Amharic Dictionary by Wolf Leslau and Amharic- English / English-Amharic Dictionary by Endale Zenawi.
Of these two, I prefer the dictionary by Wolf Leslau because it has a little introduction to the language and pronunciation, the printing is fine and easy to read and includes the pronunciation of the Amharic words in both sections.
The second one, edited by Endale Zenawi, is poorly printed which makes it difficult to read, specially for someone who is not yet familiarized with the symbols; it’s very easy to confuse similar letters. Besides the English - Amharic part doesn’t have the pronunciation of the Amharic words. It doesn’t include an explanation of how to use it or anything about Feedel, only a brief introduction about Ethiopia.
There is another Amharic-English dictionary that has good reviews but I haven’t seen it yet. It’s the Dictionary Amharic-English / English-Amharic by A. Zekaria and it seems to have definitions in Amharic, so I guess you need to know very well the Feedel to use it.
There is also a very famous dictionary by Amsalu Aklilu that can be found in Amazon.com, but only the English-Amharic part. The Amharic-English section can only be bought in Ethiopia, so I guess I will have to travel there to get one
There is also the Guide by Lonely Planet Ethiopian Amharic phrasebook by Tilahun Kebede and Catherine Snow, that it’s a concise book but the good thing about it that it also includes the writing in Feedel.
I don’t know of any Amharic-Spanish dictionary.
![]() Amharic-English Dictionary Amsalu Aklilu |
![]() English-Amharic Dictionary Amsalu Aklilu |
![]() How to Say It: English, Amharic, Italian Leonardo Oriolo |
![]() English-Amharic Dictionary Daniel Worku Kassa |
Regarding internet, there are some pages with online dictionaries. The most known is Amharic Dictionary, but there are also others:
Amharic Dictionary
Ethiopian Dictionary
English-Amharic dictionary - you have to install the Amharic fonts to see this one
Amareegna le mengedegnawoch - lots of pop-ups in this page
I also wanted to clarify why I use the term Amharic to refer to the language of Ethiopia, because some people asked me about it. I know very well that Ethiopians call their language Amarinya or but since the most used term in the US is Amharic that’s why I prefer to use it, and Amharico in my Spanish version, simply because those who are looking for information on the Internet will probably use that term and is going to be easier to find my pages.
You will also find the name Amariña or Amarico in Spanish, Amarigna in English and Amarinha in Portuguese. These are all valid transliterations since there is not an only way to write it.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackHola, quién me podría ayudar a encontrar un diccionario español- amárico? me encuentro en estos momentos en España y tengo un estudiante de Etiopía que apenas llegó, pero no sabe español y necesita ayuda..
Agradezco mucho la colaboración que me pudieran dar.
No hay mucho material para traducir entre el amarico y el español, pero quizas esto te pueda ayudar:
http://www.idiomaspc.com/diccionario-espanol-amarico/
En general las traducciones se hacen con un diccionario amarico/ingles y luego ingles/español…
La gente del web amharicdictionary.com estaba trabajando en una version online amarico/español pero por ahora no publicaron nada.
Hay un diccionario amarico/español que fue recientemente reeditado pero se consigue solo en Etiopia
Hola, estoy buscando un diccionario de amarico-español. Saben si existe alguno que se pueda comprar en España? O bien en Etiopia?
Gracias.
Hasta ahora no conozco de ningun diccionario español-amarico/amarico-español.
El web amharicdictionary.com estaba preparando una diccionario online en español pero no se si lo han terminado o si lo publicaran alguna vez. Recomiendo contactarlos.
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