ሽምብራ

Amharic

ሽምብራ(1)።

ሽምብራ(2)።

Alternative forms

• ሽንብራ (šənbəra), ሹምብራ (šumbəra)

Etymology

Borrowed from a Cushitic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɨmbɨɾa/
• Hyphenation: ሽም‧ብ‧ራ

Noun

ሽምብራ • (šəmbəra) m

1. chickpea (Cicer arietinum)
2. chickpea (the seed of this plant)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሽምብራ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 613
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16