ሽርናይ

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Etymology

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A Cushitic loan. See Ge'ez ሥርናይ (śərnay).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ሽርናይ (šərnay) (plural ሸረርኒት (šärärnit), and ሸረንራት (šäränrat))

  1. wheat
    • 1913, Enno Littmann, editor, Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume III: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Tigrē Text.[1], Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 287 Nr. 403 line 4:
      ሽዒር፡ወሽርናይ፡ታ፡ሕዳክዋት፡እት፡መቃጥን፡ተሐረሰ
      šəʿir-wä-šərnay-ta-ḥədakwat-ʾət-mäḳaṭən-täḥärräsä
      Like barley or wheat cultivated by the valley borders is Ḥədakwat
      translation into German Enno Littmann, editor (1915), Publications of the Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia. Volume IV: Lieder der Tigrē-Stämme: Deutsche Übersetzung und Commentar.[2] (in Tigre), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 600

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