What is dedjatch?
Reading Rimbaud's letters and biography, there's a sentence:
"I will feel that the Dedjatch has robbed me to the tune of 866"
I fail to find the meaning of the word in the dictionaries, help me understand it, please? Is it some local term?
meaning translation
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Reading Rimbaud's letters and biography, there's a sentence:
"I will feel that the Dedjatch has robbed me to the tune of 866"
I fail to find the meaning of the word in the dictionaries, help me understand it, please? Is it some local term?
meaning translation
edited Dec 20 at 16:29
Mitch
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asked Dec 15 at 20:30
P. Vowk
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Which letter/biography? Is this in translation or original? What was the sentence/paragraph before? etc etc. Just asking for context (because this is definitely not a common English term.
– Mitch
Dec 15 at 21:09
@Mitch I've added the links.
– P. Vowk
Dec 15 at 21:20
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Reading Rimbaud's letters and biography, there's a sentence:
"I will feel that the Dedjatch has robbed me to the tune of 866"
I fail to find the meaning of the word in the dictionaries, help me understand it, please? Is it some local term?
meaning translation
edited Dec 20 at 16:29
Mitch
50.2k15101211
asked Dec 15 at 20:30
P. Vowk
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Reading Rimbaud's letters and biography, there's a sentence:
"I will feel that the Dedjatch has robbed me to the tune of 866"
I fail to find the meaning of the word in the dictionaries, help me understand it, please? Is it some local term?
meaning translation
meaning translation
edited Dec 20 at 16:29
Mitch
50.2k15101211
asked Dec 15 at 20:30
P. Vowk
19110
edited Dec 20 at 16:29
Mitch
50.2k15101211
asked Dec 15 at 20:30
P. Vowk
19110
edited Dec 20 at 16:29
Mitch
50.2k15101211
edited Dec 20 at 16:29
Mitch
50.2k15101211
edited Dec 20 at 16:29
Mitch
50.2k15101211
50.2k15101211
asked Dec 15 at 20:30
P. Vowk
19110
asked Dec 15 at 20:30
P. Vowk
19110
asked Dec 15 at 20:30
P. Vowk
19110
19110
2
Which letter/biography? Is this in translation or original? What was the sentence/paragraph before? etc etc. Just asking for context (because this is definitely not a common English term.
– Mitch
Dec 15 at 21:09
@Mitch I've added the links.
– P. Vowk
Dec 15 at 21:20
add a comment |
2
Which letter/biography? Is this in translation or original? What was the sentence/paragraph before? etc etc. Just asking for context (because this is definitely not a common English term.
– Mitch
Dec 15 at 21:09
@Mitch I've added the links.
– P. Vowk
Dec 15 at 21:20
2
2
Which letter/biography? Is this in translation or original? What was the sentence/paragraph before? etc etc. Just asking for context (because this is definitely not a common English term.
– Mitch
Dec 15 at 21:09
Which letter/biography? Is this in translation or original? What was the sentence/paragraph before? etc etc. Just asking for context (because this is definitely not a common English term.
– Mitch
Dec 15 at 21:09
@Mitch I've added the links.
– P. Vowk
Dec 15 at 21:20
@Mitch I've added the links.
– P. Vowk
Dec 15 at 21:20
add a comment |
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In Amharic, the primary language in Ethiopia (or Abyssinia at the time of Rimbaud's writing), Dejazmatch or ጽጅዝምች (sometimes Dejatch) means literally
Keeper of the Gate
or more in terms of functioning role, translated as
Governor General
or even
Prince
The spelling 'Dedjatch' is presumably a francophone spelling ('dj' is how the French spell the rare in French voiced palatal affricate which is 'j' in English).
Searching for 'dejatch' yields many sources saying "Prince (Dedatch) Alemayehu" or just "Prince Alemayehu", and the interpretation that 'Dejatch' is a title of nobility works in all the contexts it is mentioned in those texts.
The usual term for 'prince' in Amharic is ልዑል= liuli, the son of the emperor. But translation and cultural choices can be arbitrary and the English (and French and Italian) somehow settled on 'prince' in this situation.
The list of titles of nobility in Abyssinia gives the real correspondence.
answered Dec 15 at 22:00
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Nice answer, monsieur!
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In Amharic, the primary language in Ethiopia (or Abyssinia at the time of Rimbaud's writing), Dejazmatch or ጽጅዝምች (sometimes Dejatch) means literally
Keeper of the Gate
or more in terms of functioning role, translated as
Governor General
or even
Prince
The spelling 'Dedjatch' is presumably a francophone spelling ('dj' is how the French spell the rare in French voiced palatal affricate which is 'j' in English).
Searching for 'dejatch' yields many sources saying "Prince (Dedatch) Alemayehu" or just "Prince Alemayehu", and the interpretation that 'Dejatch' is a title of nobility works in all the contexts it is mentioned in those texts.
The usual term for 'prince' in Amharic is ልዑል= liuli, the son of the emperor. But translation and cultural choices can be arbitrary and the English (and French and Italian) somehow settled on 'prince' in this situation.
The list of titles of nobility in Abyssinia gives the real correspondence.
answered Dec 15 at 22:00
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Nice answer, monsieur!
– Kiloran_speaking
Dec 15 at 22:20
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In Amharic, the primary language in Ethiopia (or Abyssinia at the time of Rimbaud's writing), Dejazmatch or ጽጅዝምች (sometimes Dejatch) means literally
Keeper of the Gate
or more in terms of functioning role, translated as
Governor General
or even
Prince
The spelling 'Dedjatch' is presumably a francophone spelling ('dj' is how the French spell the rare in French voiced palatal affricate which is 'j' in English).
Searching for 'dejatch' yields many sources saying "Prince (Dedatch) Alemayehu" or just "Prince Alemayehu", and the interpretation that 'Dejatch' is a title of nobility works in all the contexts it is mentioned in those texts.
The usual term for 'prince' in Amharic is ልዑል= liuli, the son of the emperor. But translation and cultural choices can be arbitrary and the English (and French and Italian) somehow settled on 'prince' in this situation.
The list of titles of nobility in Abyssinia gives the real correspondence.
answered Dec 15 at 22:00
Mitch
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Nice answer, monsieur!
– Kiloran_speaking
Dec 15 at 22:20
add a comment |
In Amharic, the primary language in Ethiopia (or Abyssinia at the time of Rimbaud's writing), Dejazmatch or ጽጅዝምች (sometimes Dejatch) means literally
Keeper of the Gate
or more in terms of functioning role, translated as
Governor General
or even
Prince
The spelling 'Dedjatch' is presumably a francophone spelling ('dj' is how the French spell the rare in French voiced palatal affricate which is 'j' in English).
Searching for 'dejatch' yields many sources saying "Prince (Dedatch) Alemayehu" or just "Prince Alemayehu", and the interpretation that 'Dejatch' is a title of nobility works in all the contexts it is mentioned in those texts.
The usual term for 'prince' in Amharic is ልዑል= liuli, the son of the emperor. But translation and cultural choices can be arbitrary and the English (and French and Italian) somehow settled on 'prince' in this situation.
The list of titles of nobility in Abyssinia gives the real correspondence.
answered Dec 15 at 22:00
Mitch
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In Amharic, the primary language in Ethiopia (or Abyssinia at the time of Rimbaud's writing), Dejazmatch or ጽጅዝምች (sometimes Dejatch) means literally
Keeper of the Gate
or more in terms of functioning role, translated as
Governor General
or even
Prince
The spelling 'Dedjatch' is presumably a francophone spelling ('dj' is how the French spell the rare in French voiced palatal affricate which is 'j' in English).
Searching for 'dejatch' yields many sources saying "Prince (Dedatch) Alemayehu" or just "Prince Alemayehu", and the interpretation that 'Dejatch' is a title of nobility works in all the contexts it is mentioned in those texts.
The usual term for 'prince' in Amharic is ልዑል= liuli, the son of the emperor. But translation and cultural choices can be arbitrary and the English (and French and Italian) somehow settled on 'prince' in this situation.
The list of titles of nobility in Abyssinia gives the real correspondence.
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Nice answer, monsieur!
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Nice answer, monsieur!
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Nice answer, monsieur!
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Which letter/biography? Is this in translation or original? What was the sentence/paragraph before? etc etc. Just asking for context (because this is definitely not a common English term.
– Mitch
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@Mitch I've added the links.
– P. Vowk
Dec 15 at 21:20