Tesfaye
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Tesfaye (, IPA: tɛsfäyɛ; transl: täsfajé), is a Habesha name meaning "my hope," "my trust," or "my expectation."
It is derived from Ethio-Semitic tesfa (hope) which also forms the beginning of compound names such as Tesfa Iyasus (hope in Jesus), Tesfaldet (hope in the birth), and Tesfamikael (hope in Michael) as well as male name Tesfai (also spelled Tesfay), a slightly different male name found mostly among the Tigray-Tigrinya as opposed to the more popular Amhara variant (due to the Amhara preference for conjugations also seen in tsegaye, tensaye, or tsehaye) and female name Tesfana. All forms add nouns, possessives, or definite articles to the core word.
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