ዐሥር

Amharic

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    Cardinal: ዐሥር (ʿaśśər)
    Ordinal: ዐሥረኛ (ʿaśräñña)
    Adverbial: ዐሥረ (ʿaśre)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿaśr-. Cognates include Arabic عَشْر (ʕašr) and Ge'ez ዐሠርቱ (ʿäśärtu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)asːɨɾ/
  • Hyphenation: ዐ‧ሥር

Numeral

ዐሥር • (ʿaśśər)

  1. ten

References

  • Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ዐሥር”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1165
  • Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 50