P'ent'ay
Syllables: p’en·t’ay/ˈpɛn.teɪ/
P'ent'ay adjective: ethiopian and/or Eritrean Protestant.
Adjective
P'ent'ay (not comparable)
- Ethiopian and/or Eritrean Protestant
- At least 95.3% of the population is Muslim and 4.7% is Christian (3.9% Orthodox Christian, 0.7% P’ent’ay, and 0.1% Catholics).2013 April 20, Yohannes K. Mekonnen, Ethiopia: The Land, Its People, History and Culture, →ISBN, page 245
- The claim of Medhane consists of dual targets of ‘the enormously successful proselytizing efforts of the P’ent’ay Churches in Southern Ethiopia and the growth of Sunni fundamentalism in Somalia’ (ibid.).2018 December 7, Enes Bayraklı, Farid Hafez, Islamophobia in Muslim Majority Societies, →ISBN, page 188
Noun
P'ent'ay (uncountable)
- All denominations and organizations of Protestantism in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- A majority of the population adheres to Christianity (mainly the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and P’ent’ay), while around a third follows Islam (primarily Sunni Islam).2017 June 2, IBP, Inc, Ethiopia Electoral, Political Parties Laws and Regulations Handbook: Strategic Information, Regulations, Procedures (World Business and Investment Library), →ISBN, page 9
Forms of P'ent'ay
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Origin of P'ent'ay
Borrowed from Ge'ez ጴንጤ (p̣enṭe).
Words that rhyme with P'ent'ay
Questions about P'ent'ay
- What does P'ent'ay mean?
- P'ent'ay means ethiopian and/or Eritrean Protestant.
- What part of speech is P'ent'ay?
- P'ent'ay can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce P'ent'ay?
- P'ent'ay is pronounced /ˈpɛn.teɪ/.
Words near P'ent'ay in the dictionary
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