ሽምብራ

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Amharic[edit]

ሽምብራ(1)።
ሽምብራ(2)።

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from a Cushitic language.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɨmbɨɾa/
  • Hyphenation: ሽም‧ብ‧ራ

Noun[edit]

ሽምብራ (šəmbəram

  1. chickpea (Cicer arietinum)
  2. chickpea (the seed of this plant)

References[edit]

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሽምብራ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 613
  • Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 16