ሐ (ḥə)
The Ge'ez letter ሐ is called ሐውት (ḥawt). It represents a “voiceless pharyngeal fricative”, which is a throaty <h> sound.
Its shape ሐ is derived from the epigraphic character: 𐩢. It correlates to the Arabic letter ح.
Ge’ez words starting with ሐ include ሕይወት (ḥəywat) “night”, ሐዋርያ (ḥawārəyā) “apostle”, and ሕዝብ (ḥəzb) “people”.
