ሺ

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

Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Modified form of ሸ (š).

Letter[edit]

ሺ (ši)

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

Amharic[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃi/
  • Hyphenation: ሺ

Numeral[edit]

ሺ • (ši)

  1. thousand

References[edit]

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