abuna

abuna · noun¹

1. Arabic · derived fromأَبُونَا“our father”
2. Amharic · borrowed fromአቡነ
3. English todayabuna

From Amharic አቡነ (ʾäbunä), Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”).

Abuna · proper noun²

1. Portuguese · derived fromAbunã
2. English todayAbuna

From Portuguese Abunã.

Abuna · noun³

1. Arabic · derived fromأَبُونَا“our father”
2. Ge'ez · borrowed fromአቡነ“our father”
3. English todayAbuna

From Ge'ez አቡነ (ʾäbunä, “our father”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”), from أَبُو (ʔabū), a form of أَب (ʔab, “father”), and ـنَا (-nā, “our”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• First attested in the early 17ᵗʰ century. The title of the leader, or patriarch, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.