Words

ርእስ

rəʾs noun

head, top, chief

Amharic ራስ gave the title Ras — a chief, literally a head.

Letter by letter

  1. ር rə
  2. እ ʾə
  3. ስ sə

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