Ethiopic script

 

Quick reference to commonly used

terms in Ethiopic  script

 
ዓ.ም.   ʻĀ.Me. 
ዓመት ምህረት   ʻĀmata Meherat
  Month names  
መስከረም   Maskaram
ጥቅምት   Ṭeqemt
ኅዳር   H̲edar
ታኅሣሥ   Tāh̲eśaś
ጥር   Ṭer
የካቲት   Yakatit
መጋቢት   Magābit
ሚያዝያ   Miyāzyā
ግንቦት   Genbot
ሰኔ   Sané
ሐምሌ   Ḥamlé
ነሓሴ   Nah̲āsé
ጳጒሜን   P̣āgwimén
  Geographic names  
አዲስ አበባ   ʼAdis ʼAbabā
ኢትዮጵያ   ʼItyop̣yā
ኣስመራ   ʼAsmarā
ኤርትራ   ʼErterā
  Bibliographic terms  
እትም   ʼetem
መጽሓፍ   maṣeḥāf
  Ordinals  
ሁለተኛው   hulatñaw
ሦለተኛ   śostña
አራተኛ   ʼarātña
  Personal titles  
ዶ/ር   Dr.
ኮ/ል   Col.
ሜ/ጀ   Maj.
ንጉሥ   Neguś
  Roles  
አርታኢ   ʼartāʼi
    editor
ደራሲ   darāsi
    author/composer
ተርጓሚ   targwāmi
    translator/interpreter
አዘጋጅ   ʼazagāǧ
    preparer/compiler
ታተመ   tātama
    printed/published
በ...ተደረሰ / በ...ተጻፈ   ba...tadarasa / ba...taṣāfa
    composed / written / inscribed by
     
     
     

On-screen input tool for Ethiopic script:  https://r12a.github.io/pickers/ethi/

ALA-LC Romanization table for Amharic:  https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/amharic.pdf

and Tigrinya:  https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/tigrinya.pdf

Machine translation for Amharic and Tigrinya to English:  https://lesan.ai/