Meklit
መክሊት
From the Ge'ez word for a natural gift or ability, "talent".
Meaning and origin
Meklit uses the Ge'ez word for a God-given gift or ability, which entered Ethiopian Christian vocabulary through the Bible's parable of the talents, much as English "talent" shifted from a coin of measure to a personal…
How to pronounce Meklit
| Amharic (Ethiopia) | mek-LEET /məkˈlit/ |
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