U+123A, ሺ
ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE SHI

[U+1239]
Ethiopic
[U+123B]

Translingual

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Etymology

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Modified form of (š).

Letter

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(ši)

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

Amharic

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

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃi/
  • Hyphenation:

Numeral

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(ši)

  1. thousand

References

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