The story
- Afar · derived fromgabouti“plate”
- French · borrowed fromDjibouti
- English todayDjibouti
Unknown; the country of Djibouti was named after its capital city, possibly borrowed from French Djibouti. Multiple theories exist as to the origin of the lemma, including derivation from Afar gabouti (“plate”) or gabood (“plateau”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.