ቀርሺ

Harari

FWOTD – 22 May 2022

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْش (qirš). The meaning is from the Maria Theresa thaler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʼæ̙ɾʃi]

Noun

ቀርሺ (ḳärši)

1. thaler
   • 1922, “Harari-Studien”, in Enno Littmann, editor, Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete‎^[1], volume 1, page 68 Nr. 261:

     ከሎትዬ፡ሐጂስ፡በይ(ዕ)ዞ፡ኑስ፡ቀርሺ።

     kälotye ḥäǧis bäy(ʿə)zo nus ḳärši.

     My new cap: Its selling-price is half a thaler.

Tigrinya

Alternative forms

• ቅርሺ (ḳərši), ቍርሽ (ḳʷurš), ግርሺ (gərši)

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْش (qirš). The meaning is from the Maria Theresa thaler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʼæɾʃi/

Noun

ቀርሺ • (ḳärši) (plural አቅራሽ (ʾäḳəraš))

1. thaler

References

• Pankhurst, Richard (1970) “A Preliminary History of Ethiopian Measures, Weights and Values (Part 3)”, in Journal of Ethiopian Studies‎^[2], volume 8, number 1, page 78