Words

ዓመት

ʿamät noun

year

As in ዓመተ ምሕረት, the Year of Mercy — the era the calendar counts.

Letter by letter

  1. ዓ ʿa
  2. መ mä
  3. ት tə

Each is one consonant in one of its seven vowel orders — see the syllabary, where you can also type it.