Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: am-ba
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement.

noun

A blended mash of mainly pickled mango, used as a side dish or condiment.

Uncountable

name

an epithet of goddess Durga.

name

Name of the eldest daughter of the king of Kasi in the epic Mahabharata.

name

A female given name from Sanskrit.

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ዐምባ (ʿämba).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: عَمْبَة, עמבה, आम्र

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

ambas (plural)

Questions

What does amba mean?: A characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement.
Where does amba come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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