Ge'ez

See also: geez and Geez

English

Alternative forms

• Geez, Gi'iz, Giiz, Geʿez, Gəʿəz

Etymology

From Ge'ez ግዕዝ (gəʿz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiːɛz/

Proper noun

Ge’ez

1. An Ethiopian language which is extinct but still used liturgically.
   • 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 328:

     He takes out a leather-bound Bible, written in Ge'ez, illuminated by drawings of angels with large, soulful eyes.

2. The writing system originally used for the Ge’ez language.

Synonyms

• Ethiopic

Translations

Ethiopian language

• Amharic: ግዕዝ (gəʿz)
• Arabic: جِعِزِيّ m (jiʕiziyy), جِعِزِيَّة f (jiʕiziyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉茲語／吉兹语 (jízīyǔ)

• Finnish: muinaisetiopia (fi), ge’ez, ge’ez
• French: guèze (fr) m
• Ge'ez: ግዕዝ (gəʿz)
• Georgian: გეეზი (geezi)
• German: Altäthiopisch (de) n
• Hebrew: גְעֵז f (ge'ez), אֶתְיוֹפִּית f (etiopit)
• Irish: Aetóipis f
• Italian: ge'ez m, gheez m
• Japanese: ゲエズ語 (gēzugo)
• Korean: 그으즈어 (geueujeueo)
• Latin: lingua Aethiopica f, Aethiopicē
• Portuguese: geez (pt) m, gueze m, geês m
• Russian: геэ́з (ru) m (geéz), древнеэфио́пский m (drevneefiópskij) (язы́к)
• Spanish: ge'ez m
• Swahili: Kige'ez class 7
• Tigrinya: ግዕዝ (gəʿz), ግእዝ (gəʾz)
• Turkish: Geez sg, Ge'ez sg

writing system

• Amharic: ፊደል (fidäl)
• Finnish: etiopialainen tavukirjoitus

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Ge'ez, gez ⁠