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Zay Ferenc
Zay might refer to: *Zay people, an ethnic group of Ethiopia *Zay language, a language of Ethiopia *Zay (name) (includes a list of people with the name) *Zay (river), a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation *Arabic letter zāy ز See also * Zai (other) Zai may refer to: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, ongoing UNDP code ZAI * Zaï, an off season farming technique to collect water and nutrients from compost, to restore degraded drylands and increase soil fertility * Zai (surname ... {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zay People
The Zay are a small ethnic group in Ethiopia. They live on the islands of Lake Zway, south of Addis Ababa, and engage mainly in fishing. The Oromo refer to the Zay as Laqi meaning “stirrer” or “paddler”. When the Oromo first saw the Zay on their boats they did not know what they were doing and knew only the stirring motion they made with their paddles. The Zay language belongs to the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic family. It is closely related to the Silte, Harari, and Gurage languages. The Zay belong to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Local tradition suggests that the Zay people comprise three streams of people that populated the islands of Lake Ziway between the early 9th and the mid-17th centuries. It is believed that the Zay people spoke the ancient Harla language. The Zay economy is mainly based on subsistence agriculture and traditional fishing. The Zay people cultivate maize, sorghum, finger millet, teff, pepper and barley, and raise cattle, go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zay Language
Zay (also Lak'i, Laqi) is an Afroasiatic language of the Semitic branch spoken in Ethiopia. It is one of the Gurage languages in the Ethiopian Semitic group. The Zay language has around 5,000 speakers known as the Zay, who inhabit Gelila and the other five islands and shores of Lake Zway in the southern part of the country. Language situation Zay is an unwritten language. Most speakers are multilingual in other Gurage languages, in the Oromo language, and in Amharic. The language is geographically concentrated around Lake Zway; specifically, in Herera, Meki, Ziway, and the five islands: Fundurro Island (Famat or Getesemani Island) the smallest island; Tsedecha Island (Aysut Island), next to the biggest island; Debre-Tsion Island, the largest island; Gelila Island; and Debre Sina Island. It is an endangered language, with speakers migrating to the mainland adopting the Oromo language, and increasing use of Oromo by the younger generations on the Zay islands. Zay is 70% l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zay (name)
Zay is a given name, nickname and surname. It may refer to: People Given name * Zay Jeffries (1888–1965), American mining engineer and metallurgist * Zay Khay Sheen (1894–1922), Indian poet and writer born Zahida Khatun Sherwani * Zay N. Smith (1949–2020), American newspaper columnist and author * Zay Thiha, Burmese businessman * Zay Ye Htet (), Burmese actor, model and producer * Zay Zay Htut (born 1983), Burmese painter Nickname * Zay Flowers (born 2000), American football player *Zay Harding (born 1974), American television personality *Zay Jones (born 1995), American football player Surname *Adele Zay Adele Zay (29 February 1848 – 29 December 1928) was a Transylvanian Saxons, Transylvanian teacher, feminist and pedagogue. Her family were part of the German-speaking community of the Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Kingdom of Hungary. Becau ... (1848–1928), Transylvanian teacher and feminist * Andy Zay, American businessman and politician elected in 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zay (river)
The Zay (russian: Зай; tt-Cyrl, Зәй, ''Zäy'') is a river in Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Kama. It is long, and its drainage basin covers .«Река Ульвич» Russian State Water Registry It begins near Mikhaylovka, , Tatarstan and falls to the Kama south-west of . At its headwaters the river is named the Steppe Zay (russian: Степн ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zayin
Zayin (also spelled zain or zayn or simply zay) is the seventh letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Zayin , Hebrew Zayin , Yiddish Zoyen , Aramaic Zain , Syriac Zayn ܙ, and Arabic Zayn or Zāy . It represents the sound . The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek zeta (Ζ), Etruscan ''z'' , Latin Z, and Cyrillic Ze З. Meaning The Proto-Sinaitic glyph may have been called , based on a hieroglyph depicting a "manacle". The Phoenician letter appears to be named after a sword or other weapon. In Mishnaic Hebrew, ' () means "sword", and the verb ' () means "to arm". In Modern Hebrew slang, ' () means "penis" and ' () is a vulgar term which generally means to perform sexual intercourse, although the older meaning survives in ' ("armed struggle") (), ' ("armed forces") (), and ' () ("armed, i.e., reinforced concrete"). Arabic zāy The letter is named . It has two forms, depending on its position in the word: The similarity to ' is likely a function o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zai (other)
Zai may refer to: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, ongoing UNDP code ZAI * Zaï, an off season farming technique to collect water and nutrients from compost, to restore degraded drylands and increase soil fertility * Zai (surname) (宰), a Chinese surname * Zai (tribe), Pashtun tribes * Zai, Palghar, a village in Maharashtra, India * Zväz autorov a interprétov populárnej hudby ( Union of Authors and Performers, ZAI), a presenter of the ZAI Awards * Zaire, a former state in Africa * Zayin, a letter of many Semitic abjads * Isthmus Zapotec (ISO 639-3: zai), a Zapotecan language of Mexico Given names * Li Zai (died 1343), Chinese painter * Wang Zai, Chinese general of the Tang Dynasty * Yuan Zai (died 777), Chinese noble, Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty * Zhang Zai (1020–1077), Chinese philosopher and cosmologist * Zai Bennett, Television executive * Zai Fundo (1899–1944), Albanian journalist and writer See also * Zay (other) Zay might refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
