በይዕ

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Harari[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بَيْع (bayʕ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

በይዕ (bäyi)

  1. selling price, the payment in exchange for a transaction
    • 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.