Amharic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from a Cushitic language.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɨmbɨɾa/
- Hyphenation: ሽም‧ብ‧ራ
ሽምብራ • (šəmbəra) m
- chickpea (Cicer arietinum)
- chickpea (the seed of this plant)
References[edit]
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሽምብራ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 613
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16