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

References

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