ሺ


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

Translingual

Etymology

Modified form of ሸ (š).

Letter

ሺ (ši)

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

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Numeral

ሺ • (ši)

  1. thousand

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