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አመድ።

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Particularly: “cognate with Arabic رَمَاد (ramād, ash)?”

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አመድ (amäd?

  1. ash
    • 2021, “አሜሪካዊው 'የልጄን አመድ ፖሊስ በትኖታል' ሲል ከሰሰ”, in BBC News[1]:
      ዳርታቪየስ ፖሊስን ብቻ ሳይሆን የከተማዋንም አስተዳዳሪዎች ከሷል። የልጁን አመድ በሕገወጥ መንገድ መውሰዳቸው ብቻ ሳይሆን እቃውን ከፍተው የተወሰነ አመድ መሬት ላይ በትነዋል እንዲሁም አደንዛዥ ዕፅ እንመረምራለን በሚልም ውርደት ፈፅመዋል ብሏል።
      dartaviyäs polisn bəča sayhon yäkätämawanm ʾästädadariwoč käsʷal. yälǧun ʾämäd bäḥgäwäṭ mängäd mäwsädačäw bəča sayhon ʾəḳawn käftäw yätäwäsänä ʾämäd märet lay bätnäwal ʾəndihum ʾädänzaž ʿəṣ́ ʾənmärämralän bämilm wərdät fäṣ́mäwal bəlʷal.
      Dartavius accused not only the police but also the city administrators. He said that not only did they take the child's ashes illegally, but they also opened the container and scattered some of the ashes on the ground.