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)

  1. 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.

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))

  1. thaler

References
  • Pankhurst, Richard (1970) “A Preliminary History of Ethiopian Measures, Weights and Values (Part 3)”, in Journal of Ethiopian Studies‎, volume 8, number 1, page 78
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