Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara people have been in close contact