Tigrinya

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/tɪˈɡɹiːnjə/

proper noun

A Semitic language of Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is written in the Ge'ez alphabet.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Tigrigna · alternative Tigriña · alternative Tigrinia · alternative Tigrinian · alternative Tigrinyan · alternative Təgrəñña · alternative Tégréñña · alternative Tegreñña

  1. A Semitic language of Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is written in the Ge'ez alphabet.

Origin

  1. tiትግርኛ፟
  2. EnglishTigrinya

From Tigrinya ትግርኛ፟ (təgrəñña). The spelling Tigrigna came via Italian.

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Translations

Arabic التِّغْرِينِيَّة
  • التِّغْرِينِيَّة (at-tiḡrīniyya)language
Bulgarian тигри́ня
  • тигри́ня (tigrínja)language
Chinese Mandarin 提格雷尼亞語 /提格雷尼亚语, 提格利尼亞語 /提格利尼亚语
  • 提格雷尼亞語 /提格雷尼亚语 (tígéléiníyàyǔ)language
  • 提格利尼亞語 /提格利尼亚语 (tígélìníyàyǔ)language
  • 蒂格里亞語 /蒂格里亚语 (dìgélǐyàyǔ)language
Finnish tigrinja
  • tigrinjalanguage
French tigrigna
  • tigrignalanguage
German Tigrinya, Tigrinisch
  • Tigrinyalanguage
  • Tigrinischlanguage
Hebrew טיגריניה
  • טיגריניה (tigrínya)language
Hindi तिग्रीन्या भाषा, तिग्रीन्या
  • तिग्रीन्या भाषा (tigrīnyā bhāṣā)language
  • तिग्रीन्या (tigrīnyā)language
Hungarian tigrinya
  • tigrinyalanguage
Italian tigrigna
  • tigrignalanguage
Japanese ティグリニャ語
  • ティグリニャ語 (tigurinyago)language
Korean 티그리냐어
  • 티그리냐어 (tigeurinya'eo)language
Norwegian Bokmål tigrinja
  • tigrinjalanguage
Portuguese tigrinya, tigrinha
  • tigrinyalanguage
  • tigrinhalanguage
  • tigrínialanguage
Russian тигри́нья
  • тигри́нья (tigrínʹja)language
Slovak tigriňa
  • tigriňalanguage
Spanish tigriña
  • tigriñalanguage
Swedish tigrinska
  • tigrinskalanguage
Ukrainian тигри́нья
  • тигри́нья (tyhrýnʹja)language
Cite this entry
APA

Tigrinya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tigrinya

MLA

“Tigrinya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tigrinya. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tigrinya,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tigrinya.

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