A horse name is a secondary noble title or a popular name for members of Ethiopian royalty; in some cases the "horse names" are the only name known for a ruler. They take the form of "father of X", where "X" is the name of the person's warhorse.

Some known horse names of Ethiopian nobility include:

List of Horse names
NameTitleHorse NameLiteral/Synonymous meaningNoteSources
Alula EngidaRasAbba NegaFather of dawnAlula Aba Nega Airport is named after him and his horsename.
Balcha SafoDejazmachAbba NefsoFather of the Soul[1]
Bashah AboyeDejazmachAbba DäffarFather of audacity[2]
Belay ZelekeDejazmachAbba KosterFather of Sharpshooter[3]
Darge Sahle SelassieRasAbba Gersa[note 1]Father of Recurring Impediment (i.e. impeding the enemy).[4][1]
GarmameDejazmachAbba Mala[5]
Habte Giyorgis DinagdeFitawrariAbba MechalFather of Tolerance[1]
Haile Maryam GebreDejazmachAbba DammanaFather of the Cloud[6]
Lul SegedRasAbba Balay
Menelik IIEmperor of EthiopiaAbba DagnewFather of Justice[1]
Sabagadis WolduDejazmachAbba Garay[7]
Tekle HaymanotNegus of GojjamAbba Tanna[8]
Tessema NadewRas BitwodedAbba Qamaw[9]
Tewodros IIEmperor of EthiopiaAbba TatekFather of readiness (of arms)
Welde Giyorgis AboyeNegus of GondarAbba Saggad[note 2]Father of Commandeering[10][1]
Yohannes IVEmperor of EthiopiaAbba BezibizFather of Plunder[1]

Bibliography

  • Girma, Hewan. "Amharic Names, Naming Ceremonies and Memory." In Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names, pp. 37-59. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2023.
  • Mehari, Krista. 2007. Throne names, pen names, horse names, and field names: A look at the significance of name change in the Ethiopian political sphere.
  • Pankhurst, Richard. 1989. The Early History of Ethiopian Horse-Names. Paideuma 35, pp. 197–206.
  • Mahatama-Sellasie Walda-Masqal. 1969. A Study of the Ethiopian Culture of Horse Names. Journal of Ethiopian Studies Vol. 7, No. 2, pp

Notes

  1. ↑ also spelled as Abba Girsha
  2. ↑ also spelled as Abba Segud

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Berhane-Selassie, Tsehai (2018). "6 - Military Training in Sports, Horsemanship and Hunting". Ethiopian Warriorhood: Defence, Land and Society 1800-1941 (PDF). Boydell & Brewer. p. 154-160. ISBN 9781787443419.
  2. ↑ Uhlig, Siegbert; Bausi, Alessandro; Yimam, Baye; Crummey, Donald; Goldenberg, Gideon, eds. (2003). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. pp. 492–493. ISBN 9783447047463. OCLC 722894586.
  3. ↑ Getie Gelaye. 2005. Amharic Praise Poems of Däğğazmaó Bälay Zälläqä and the Patriots of Goğğam during the Italian Occupation of Ethiopia, 1936–1941. In Sigmund Uhlig, (ed.). Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies in Hamburg, p. 587-597. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
  4. ↑ Uhlig, Siegbert; Bausi, Alessandro; Yimam, Baye, eds. (2003). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: D-Ha. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. pp. 102–103. ISBN 9783447052382.
  5. ↑ TAFLA, BAIRU (1969). "Four Ethiopian Biographies: Däjjazmač Gärmamé, Däjjazmač Gäbrä-Egzi'abehér Moroda, Däjjazmač Balča and Käntiba Gäbru Dästa". Journal of Ethiopian Studies. Institute of Ethiopian Studies. 7 (2): 1–10. JSTOR 41965786.
  6. ↑ Pearce, Nathaniel (2014). "XVII". The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce: Written by Himself, during a Residence in Abyssinia from the Years 1810–1819; Together with Mr Coffin's Account of his First Visit to Gondar. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 193. ISBN 9781107450585.
  7. ↑ Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 2010. pp. 430–431. ISBN 978-3-447-06246-6.
  8. ↑ TAFLA, BAIRU (1973). "Two of the Last Provincial Kings of Ethiopia". Journal of Ethiopian Studies. Institute of Ethiopian Studies. 11 (1): 29–49. JSTOR 41988566.
  9. ↑ Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis (2012). Dictionary of African biography vol 1-6. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 3-4. ISBN 9780195382075.
  10. ↑ TAFLA, BAIRU (1973). "Two of the Last Provincial Kings of Ethiopia". Journal of Ethiopian Studies. Institute of Ethiopian Studies. 11 (1): 50–55. JSTOR 41988566.


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