ክንፍ

From Proto-Semitic *kanap- (“wing”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɨnf/

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• Hyphenation: ክንፍ

ክንፍ • (kənf) m

1. wing (of a bird)
2. wing (a faction of a political movement)
   • 2023, “ሐማስ በእስራኤሉ ጥቃት ሰላማዊ ሰዎችን አልገደልኩም አለ”, in BBC News‎:

     የዩናይትድ ኪንግደም መንግስት በሁለቱ መካከል ምንም አይት ልዩነት ሳያስቀምጥ በ 2021 የሐማስን የፖለቲካ ክንፍ እንደ አሸባሪ ድርጅት ፈርጇል። "ሐማስ የተለያዩ ክፍሎች እንዳሉት አድርጎ ማቅረብ የማይመስል ነው። ሐማስ ውስብስብ ቢሆንም አንድ አሸባሪ ድርጅት ነው" ሲል ገልጾታል።

     yäyunaytəd kingədäm mängəst bähulätu mäkakäl mənm ʾäyt ləyunät sayasḳämṭ bä 2021 yäḥämasn yäpolätika kənf ʾəndä ʾäšäbari dərǧət färǧʷal. "ḥämas yätäläyayu kəfloč ʾəndalut ʾädrəgo maḳräb yämaymäsl näw. ḥämas wəsbəsb bihonm ʾänd ʾäšäbari dərǧət näw" sil gälṣotal.

     The UK government designated the political wing of Hamas as a terrorist organization in 2021, making no distinction between the two. "It is unlikely to present Hamas as having different parts. Although Hamas is complex, it is one terrorist organization," he explained.

3. fin (of a fish)
4. branch (of a plant)
5. boundary; hem; border

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ክንፍ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN

From Proto-Semitic *kanap- (“wing”).

ክንፍ • (kənf) m or f (plural ከነፍ/አከናፍ)

1. wing, fin (of fish), branch (of tree) , border, edge

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ከንፍ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel