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ብር

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Amharic

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Etymology

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Related to Arabic ب ر ء (b r ʔ, absolution, innocence), Hebrew בַּר (bar, clean, pure).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ብር (bər?

  1. silver
  2. birr (unit of currency)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • English: birr

References

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  1. ^ Leslau, Wolf (1991) “በረ”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 106b-107a