ጸጉር
Amharic
Alternative forms
- ጠጉር (ṭägur)
Etymology
From a Cushitic language, compare Blin ሻጋር (šagar). According to Leslau, the Cushitic root is probably related to Proto-Semitic *śaʕr- (“hair”).
Noun
ጸጉር • (ṣägur) ?
References
- Isenberg, Karl Wilhelm (1841), Dictionary of the Amharic language. Amharic and English[1], London: The Church Missionary Society, page 195
- Leslau, Wolf (1972), “ጸጉር”, in Basic Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English, English-Amharic[2] (in Amharic and English), Washington, D.C.: ERIC Clearinghouse