"ፖስታ" meaning in Amharic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈposta/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian posta (“post”). Etymology templates: {{bor|am|it|posta||post}} Italian posta (“post”) Head templates: {{head|am|noun|||||||||||||||||autotrinfl=1|f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|f4tr=|f5tr=|f6tr=|f7tr=|f8tr=|g=m|head=|sort=|tr=|tr2=}} ፖስታ • (posta) m, {{am-noun|g=m}} ፖስታ • (posta) m Forms: posta [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ፖስታ [indefinite, masculine], ፖስታው [error-unrecognized-form, masculine], ፖስታውን [definite, direct-object, masculine], ፖስታን [error-unrecognized-form, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ፖስታዬ [first-person, singular], ፖስታችን [first-person, plural], - [first-person, formal], ፖስታህ [masculine, second-person, singular], ፖስታችሁ [masculine, plural, second-person], ፖስታዎ [formal, masculine, second-person], ፖስታሽ [feminine, second-person, singular], ፖስታችሁ [feminine, plural, second-person], ፖስታዎ [feminine, formal, second-person], ፖስታው [masculine, singular, third-person], ፖስታቸው [formal, masculine, third-person], ፖስታቸው [masculine, plural, third-person], ፖስታዋ [feminine, singular, third-person], ፖስታቸው [feminine, formal, third-person], ፖስታቸው [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. post, mail
    Sense id: en-ፖስታ-am-noun-V3FUOD5h Categories (other): Rail transportation Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 25 25 25 25
  2. letter
    Sense id: en-ፖስታ-am-noun--AEF76tt Categories (other): Rail transportation Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 25 25 25 25
  3. envelope
    Sense id: en-ፖስታ-am-noun-TFA8pndh Categories (other): Amharic entries with incorrect language header, Rail transportation Disambiguation of Amharic entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 77 14 Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 25 25 25 25
  4. sleeping car
    Sense id: en-ፖስታ-am-noun-vOpnP~D9 Categories (other): Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Amharic terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Communication, Rail transportation Disambiguation of Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 16 16 16 52 Disambiguation of Amharic terms with redundant transliterations: 16 16 16 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 17 17 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 9 9 73 Disambiguation of Communication: 20 20 20 40 Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 25 25 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ፖስታ፡ቤት (posta bet)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "posta bet",
      "word": "ፖስታ፡ቤት"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sid",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sidamo: posta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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        "2": "it",
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        "4": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Italian posta (“post”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian posta (“post”).",
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      "form": "posta",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታ",
      "roman": "posta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታው",
      "roman": "postaw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታውን",
      "roman": "postawən",
      "source": "declension",
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        "direct-object",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታን",
      "roman": "postan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታዬ",
      "roman": "postaye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታችን",
      "roman": "postaččən",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታህ",
      "roman": "postah",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታችሁ",
      "roman": "postaččəhu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታዎ",
      "roman": "postawo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "masculine",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታሽ",
      "roman": "postaš",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታችሁ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታዎ",
      "roman": "postawo",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "formal",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታው",
      "roman": "postaw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታቸው",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታዋ",
      "roman": "postawa",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "formal",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "postaččäw",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
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      ]
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "autotrinfl": "1",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "f4tr": "",
        "f5tr": "",
        "f6tr": "",
        "f7tr": "",
        "f8tr": "",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "tr2": ""
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  ],
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          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Rail transportation",
          "orig": "am:Rail transportation",
          "parents": [],
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        }
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      ],
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      "links": [
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          "post",
          "post"
        ],
        [
          "mail",
          "mail"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "letter"
      ],
      "id": "en-ፖስታ-am-noun--AEF76tt",
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "envelope"
      ],
      "id": "en-ፖስታ-am-noun-TFA8pndh",
      "links": [
        [
          "envelope",
          "envelope"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 51",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 17 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 9 73",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "am",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "langcode": "am",
          "name": "Rail transportation",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sleeping car"
      ],
      "id": "en-ፖስታ-am-noun-vOpnP~D9",
      "links": [
        [
          "sleeping car",
          "sleeping car"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈposta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ፖስታ"
}
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    "Amharic lemmas",
    "Amharic masculine nouns",
    "Amharic nouns",
    "Amharic terms borrowed from Italian",
    "Amharic terms derived from Italian",
    "Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Amharic terms with redundant transliterations",
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    "Pages with entries",
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "posta bet",
      "word": "ፖስታ፡ቤት"
    }
  ],
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        {
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            "1": "sid",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian posta (“post”).",
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    {
      "form": "posta",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "l-self",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታ",
      "roman": "posta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታው",
      "roman": "postaw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታውን",
      "roman": "postawən",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታን",
      "roman": "postan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታዬ",
      "roman": "postaye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታችን",
      "roman": "postaččən",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታህ",
      "roman": "postah",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታችሁ",
      "roman": "postaččəhu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታዎ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታሽ",
      "roman": "postaš",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታችሁ",
      "roman": "postaččəhu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታዎ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "formal",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታው",
      "roman": "postaw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታቸው",
      "roman": "postaččäw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "masculine",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታቸው",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታዋ",
      "roman": "postawa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታቸው",
      "roman": "postaččäw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "formal",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ፖስታቸው",
      "roman": "postaččäw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "autotrinfl": "1",
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    "ፖስ‧ታ"
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "post, mail"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
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          "mail",
          "mail"
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      "glosses": [
        "letter"
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        [
          "letter",
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "envelope"
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          "envelope",
          "envelope"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sleeping car"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sleeping car",
          "sleeping car"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈposta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ፖስታ"
}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "ፖስታ"
  ],
  "section": "Amharic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ፖስታ",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Amharic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.