ሺ

ሺ U+123A, ሺ ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE SHI ← ሹ [U+1239] Ethiopic ሻ → [U+123B]

Translingual

Etymology

Modified form of ሸ (š).

Letter

ሺ (ši)

1. A symbol of the Ge'ez abugida, transliterated as ši.

Amharic

Amharic numbers ^(edit)

←  1	←  100	፲፻ 1,000	10,000  →
Cardinal: ሺ (ši)     Ordinal: ሺኛ (šiñña)

Alternative forms

• ሺህ (ših)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Related to Arabic شَاخَ (šāḵa, “to age”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃi/
• Hyphenation: ሺ

Numeral

ሺ • (ši)

1. thousand

References

• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 51