ሰዓት

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Amharic

ሰዓት(3)።

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ሰዓት (säʿat), from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא (šāʿəṯā). Akin to Tigrinya ሰዓት (säʿat) and Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsə(ʔ)at/
  • Hyphenation: ሰ‧ዓት

Noun

ሰዓት • (säʿat) m

  1. hour
  2. time
  3. clock, watch
  4. noon, midday

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሰዓት”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 2

Ge'ez

Noun

ሰዓት • (säʿat) f or m (plural ሰዓታት (säʿatat))

  1. Alternative form of ሰዐት (säʿät)

Tigrinya

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ሰዓት (säʿat), from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא (šāʿəṯā).

Noun

ሰዓት • (säʿat) f (plural ሰዓታት (säʿatat))

  1. hour
  2. clock
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