ጻፈ

Amharic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ጻፈ • (ṣafä)

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

Derived terms

• አጻፈ (ʾaṣṣafä)

References

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