ሾክ

Amharic

Alternative forms

• (prothetic) እሾክ (ʾəšok)

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *šawk-. Cognates include Arabic شَوْكَة (šawka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃok/
• Hyphenation: ሾክ

Noun

ሾክ • (šok) m

1. thorn

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሾክ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 8