ጸሓፊ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Occupation noun of ጸሐፈ (ṣäḥäfä, “to write”)

Noun

ጸሓፊ • (ṣäḥafi) (plural ጸሐፍ (ṣäḥäf))

1. scribe
2. man of letters, scholar
3. writer
4. author of books
5. historian

Related terms

• ጸሐፈ (ṣäḥäfä)
• አጽሐፈ (ʾäṣḥäfä)
• ተጽሕፈ (täṣḥəfä)
• ጽሑፍ (ṣəḥuf)
• ጸሐፍ (ṣäḥäf)
• ጽሕፈት (ṣəḥfät)
• መጽሐፍ (mäṣḥäf)
• መጽሐፍና (mäṣḥäfna)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ጸሓፊ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1268