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Amharic
maḳ - a dark (usually black) woolen cloth of local manufacture, a black burnoose made of this cloth
(AED 233, KBT 145, Guidi 80)
See also Old Amh. maḥḳ ‘a long outer garment’ Getatchew Haile 1969-1970:66.