Amharic · Numbers & Time
ሰዓት
se'at
Hour; clock; time
Beginnernoun
Definition
An hour or clock; Ethiopian time counts from sunrise, six hours apart from Western time.
Example
በቀን አንድ ሰዓት አማርኛ አጠናለሁ።
I study Amharic one hour a day.
Etymology
'ሰዓት' (se'at) originates from the Ge'ez term for time, and has long been used to denote hours in Ethiopian daily life.
How & Where It’s Used
'ሰዓት' is employed in both spoken and written contexts, commonly used in various registers concerning time and schedules.