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BoyAmharic & Ethiopian

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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