ሰዓት

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