Berhanu
ብርሃኑ
Amharic for "his light," from birhan, "light," with a third-person possessive ending.
Meaning and origin
Berhanu shares its root with Berhane, the Amharic word birhan for light, but carries the ending for "his" rather than "my," so it reads as "his light."
How to pronounce Berhanu
| Amharic (Ethiopia) | bir-hah-NOO /bɨrhaˈnu/ |
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