አስር

Amharic

Amharic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : አስር (ʾäsr)     Ordinal : አስረኛ (ʾäsräña)

Alternative forms

• ዐሥር (ʿäśr)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿaśr- (“ten”). Cognates include Ge'ez ዐሠርቱ (ʿäśärtu), Tigre ዐስር (ʿäsr) and Tigrinya ዓሰርተ (ʿasärtä).

Numeral

አስር • (ʾässər)

1. ten (10)

See also

• Numbers in Amharic 10-100 by tens: አስር (ʾäsr), ሃያ (haya), ሠላሳ (śälasa), አርባ (ʾärba), አምሳ (ʾämsa), ስልሳ (səlsa), ሰባ (säba), ሰማንያ (sämanya), ዘጠና (zäṭäna), መቶ (mäto).