መጽሐፍ
mäṣḥaf noun
book, writing, scripture
From ጸሐፈ, to write. The same root gives ጸሓፊ, a scribe.
Letter by letter
- መ mä
- ጽ ṣə
- ሐ ḥä
- ፍ fə
Each is one consonant in one of its seven vowel orders — see the syllabary, where you can also type it.
Root
ጽሕፍ the three consonants this word is built on — Gəʿəz fits them into different patterns to make related words