ተረከዝ

Amharic

ተረከዝ(1)።

ተረከዝ(2)።

ተረከዝ(3)።

Etymology

Possibly related to Arabic رَكَزَ (rakaza, “to plant into the ground, to embed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈɾəkəz/
• Hyphenation: ተ‧ረ‧ከዝ

Noun

ተረከዝ • (täräkäz) m

1. heel (of a foot)
2. heel (of a shoe)
3. heel bone

References

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