zǝḥrāf
whipen ወጥብጣቤሁሰ፡ ይኩን፡ በጢጤ። ወዘአልቦቱ፡ ጢጤ፡ በዝሕራፍ። ‘
Let the flogging be with a ṭịṭe, and (the teacher) who does not have a ṭịṭe, with a zǝḥrafen’
90 (ed.)
,
62 (tr.)
(‘The difference between the two weapons of punishment may be that
ṭiṭe is the Amharic
alänga , a whip of about a meter and a half long, including its handle, while a
zǝḥraf is the
ǧǝ/žǝraf , of the same language, a whip farmers use for driving the plowing oxen. Its length allows the peasant to reach the oxen as he follows the plough. As recently as the 1940s, criminals of petty offence used to be flogged in public so many lashes with the
ǧǝ/žǝraf .’
62 n. 290
),
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