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)
- thaler
- 1922, “Harari-Studien”, in Enno Littmann, editor, Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete, 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.
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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))
- thaler
References
- Pankhurst, Richard (1970), “A Preliminary History of Ethiopian Measures, Weights and Values (Part 3)”, in Journal of Ethiopian Studies, volume 8, issue 1, page 78