Amharic adj 1: related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic; "the Amharic language" n 1: the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact [syn: {Amharic}, {Ethiopian language}]
Amharic \Am*har"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. -- n. The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia). [1913 Webster]