Etymology

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Today it means: A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, such that symbols for syllables not including the default vowel are generated by adding a common notation to indicate the vowel that it does include. Full definition →

Ge'ez አቡጊዳ
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  1. Ge'ez · derived fromአቡጊዳ
  2. English todayabugida

From Ge'ez አቡጊዳ (ʾäbugida). First use appears c. 1961. See cite below.

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