ጠረጴዛ

Amharic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ጠረጴዛ (ṭäräp̣p̣eza), from Ancient Greek τράπεζα (trápeza).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʼəˈɾəpʼːeza/
  • Hyphenation: ጠ‧ረ‧ጴ‧ዛ

Noun

ጠረጴዛ • (ṭäräp̣p̣ezam

  1. table

Descendants

  • Sidamo: xarapheezza, xarapheessa, xaraphpheezza

References

  • Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ጠረጴዛ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1