Negus (Geez , nigūś, Amharic nigūs; cf. Tigrinya ነጋሲ - TopicsExpress



          

Negus (Geez , nigūś, Amharic nigūs; cf. Tigrinya ነጋሲ negāsi) is a title in the Afro-Asiatic Geez, Tigrinya, Tigre and Amharic languages.[1] It denotes a King,[2] as the Bahri Negasi of the Medri Bahri Kingdom in pre-1890 Eritrea and the Negus in pre-1974 Ethiopia. The title has subsequently been used to translate the word King in Biblical and other literature. Overview The word negus is a noun derived from the ancient language Geez verbal root N - G - Ś meaning to reign. In more recent times, it was used as an honorific negus for life title bestowed on governors of the most important provinces (kingdoms): Gojjam, Welega and the seaward kingdom (where the variation Bahr Negasi King of the Sea, was the ancient title of the ruler of present-day central Eritrea) and later Shewa.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:07:28 +0000

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