Amharic edit

Etymology edit

Contracted from what is found in Ge'ez ጸሐፈ (ṣäḥäfä) and Tigrinya ጸሓፈ (ṣäḥafä).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sʼafə/
  • Hyphenation: ጻ‧ፈ

Verb edit

ጻፈ (ṣafä)

  1. (transitive) to write
  2. (transitive) to write down

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ጻፈ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN