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Amharic Dictionary

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Browse hundreds of Amharic words with English translations, pronunciation guides, and example sentences.

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ሁለት

/hu-let/

ሁለት ቡና እፈልጋለሁ።

Two

I want two coffees.

numbers

ሂድ

/hid/

ሂድ ወደ ትምህርት ቤት።

Go (command)

Go to school.

verbs

ሃያ

/ha-ya/

ሃያ ብር ሰጠሁ።

Twenty

I gave twenty birr.

numbers

ሆድ

/hod/

ሆዴ ይቆጫኛል።

Stomach / Belly

My stomach hurts.

body

ሌሊት

/le-lit/

ሌሊት እተኛለሁ።

Night

At night I sleep.

time

ልብ

/lib/

ልቤ ይመታል።

Heart

My heart beats.

body

ልጅ

/lij/

ልጄ ይጫወታል።

Child

My child is playing.

family

መቶ

/me-to/

መቶ ብር አለኝ።

One hundred

I have one hundred birr.

numbers

መንገድ

/men-ged/

መንገዱ ረጅም ነው።

Road / Way

The road is long.

nouns

ሚስት

/mist/

ሚስቴ ምግብ ትሠራለች።

Wife

My wife is cooking food.

family

ምስር ወጥ

/mi-sir wet/

ምስር ወጥ ጣፋጭ ነው።

Red lentil stew

Red lentil stew is tasty.

food

ምሽት

/mi-shit/

ምሽት ቤት እቀምጣለሁ።

Evening

In the evening I stay home.

time

ራስ

/ras/

ራሴ ይታመኛል።

Head

My head aches.

body

ሮጠ

/ro-te/

ልጁ ሮጠ።

Ran

The boy ran.

verbs

ሰላም

/se-lam/

ሰላም፣ ደህና ነህ?

Hello / Peace

Hello, how are you?

greetings

ሰማ

/se-ma/

ሙዚቃ ሰማ።

Heard / Listened

He listened to music.

verbs

ሰባት

/se-bat/

ሳምንት ሰባት ቀናት አለው።

Seven

A week has seven days.

numbers

ሰዓት

/se-at/

ስንት ሰዓት ነው?

Hour / Time / Watch

What time is it?

time

ሰዓት ሸኝ

/se-at she-gn/

ሰዓት ሸኝ፣ ቸር ይቆዩ።

Goodbye

Goodbye, take care.

greetings

ሳምንት

/sam-int/

የሚቀጥለው ሳምንት ይመጣል።

Week

He will come next week.

time

ሴት ልጅ

/set lij/

ሴት ልጄ ትዘምራለች።

Daughter / Girl

My daughter is singing.

family

ስምንት

/si-mint/

ስምንት ሰዓት ነው።

Eight

It is eight o'clock.

numbers

ስድስት

/si-dist/

ስድስት ቀናት ቆየሁ።

Six

I stayed six days.

numbers

ስጋ

/si-ga/

ስጋ ወደ ገበያ ከፈልኩ።

Meat

I found meat at the market.

food

ሶስት

/sost/

ሶስት ዳቦ ገዛሁ።

Three

I bought three breads.

numbers

ሻይ

/shay/

ሻይ ጠጣሁ።

Tea

I drank tea.

food

ሽሮ

/shi-ro/

ሽሮ ወጥ ጥሩ ነው።

Chickpea flour stew

Shiro stew is delicious.

food

ቀና ቀና

/qe-na qe-na/

ቀና ቀና ነኝ፣ አንተስ?

Just fine / Getting along

Getting along fine, and you?

greetings

ቀን

/qen/

ቀኑ ደህና ነው።

Day / Afternoon

The day is fine.

time

ቅቤ

/qi-be/

ቅቤ ወደ እንጀራ ጨምር።

Butter / Ghee

Add butter to the injera.

food

ቡና

/bu-na/

ቡና እጠጣለሁ።

Coffee

I am drinking coffee.

food

ባል

/bal/

ባሌ ይሰራል።

Husband

My husband is working.

family

ቤተሰብ

/be-te-seb/

ቤተሰቤ ትልቅ ነው።

Family

My family is large.

family

ቤት

/bet/

ቤቴ ትልቅ ነው።

House / Home

My house is big.

nouns

ብላ

/bi-la/

ብላ እንጀራ።

Eat (command)

Eat injera.

verbs

ተኛ

/te-gna/

ልጁ ተኛ።

Sleep

The child slept.

verbs

ትምህርት ቤት

/ti-mi-hirt bet/

ልጆቼ ትምህርት ቤት ናቸው።

School

My children are at school.

nouns

ትናንት

/ti-nant/

ትናንት ዶሮ ወጥ በላሁ።

Yesterday

Yesterday I ate chicken stew.

time

ነገ

/ne-ge/

ነገ ወደ ገበያ እሄዳለሁ።

Tomorrow

Tomorrow I will go to the market.

time

/na/

ና ወደ ቤቱ

Come (command)

Come to the house

verbs

ናገረ

/na-ge-re/

አማርኛ ናገረ።

Spoke / Said

He spoke Amharic.

verbs

አሁን

/a-hun/

አሁን እንሄዳለን።

Now

Now we are going.

time

አመሰግናለሁ

/a-me-seg-na-le-hu/

አመሰግናለሁ ብዙ

Thank you

Thank you very much

greetings

አምስት

/a-mist/

አምስት ብር ስጠኝ።

Five

Give me five birr.

numbers

አራት

/a-rat/

አራት ልጆች አሉ።

Four

There are four children.

numbers

አስር

/a-sir/

አስር ዓመቴ ነው።

Ten

I am ten years old.

numbers

አባት

/a-bat/

አባቴ ዶክተር ነው

Father

My father is a doctor

family

አነበበ

/a-ne-be-be/

መጽሐፍ አነበበ።

Read

He read a book.

verbs

አንተ

/an-te/

አንተ ቡና ትወዳለህ?

You (male singular)

Do you like coffee?

pronouns

አንቺ

/an-chi/

አንቺ ደህና ነሽ?

You (female singular)

Are you well?

pronouns

አንድ

/and/

አንድ ልጅ አለኝ።

One

I have one child.

numbers

አንድ ሺ

/and shi/

አንድ ሺ ብር ወጣ።

One thousand

It cost one thousand birr.

numbers

አዎ

/a-wo/

አዎ፣ እወቃለሁ።

Yes

Yes, I know.

greetings

አያት

/a-yat/

አያቴ ቤት ነው።

Grandparent

My grandparent is at home.

family

አይ

/ay/

አይ፣ አልፈልግም።

No

No, I don't want it.

greetings

አደረገ

/a-de-re-ge/

ምግብ አደረገ።

Did / Made

He/She made food.

verbs

አጎት

/a-got/

አጎቴ ይጠብቀኛል።

Uncle (father's brother)

My uncle watches over me.

family

አፍ

/af/

አፌን ከፈተሁ።

Mouth

I opened my mouth.

body

እህት

/iht/

እህቴ ደግ ናት።

Sister

My sister is kind.

family

እሱ

/i-su/

እሱ ይበላል።

He / Him

He is eating.

pronouns

እሷ

/i-swa/

እሷ ትዘምራለች።

She / Her

She is singing.

pronouns

እሺ

/i-shi/

እሺ፣ እሄዳለሁ።

OK / Alright

OK, I will go.

greetings

እባክዎ

/i-bak-wo/

እባክዎ ይቀመጡ።

Please (formal)

Please sit down.

greetings

እነሱ

/i-ne-su/

እነሱ ቤት ይጫወታሉ።

They / Them

They are playing at home.

pronouns

እናት

/i-nat/

እናቴ ቤት ውስጥ ናት።

Mother

My mother is at home.

family

እኔ

/i-ne/

እኔ ትምህርት ቤት እሄዳለሁ።

I / Me

I go to school.

pronouns

እንኳን ደህና መጡ

/in-kwan deh-na met-u/

እንኳን ደህና መጡ ወደ ቤታችን።

Welcome (formal)

Welcome to our home.

greetings

እንጀራ

/in-je-ra/

እንጀራ ወጥ ጋር ይበላሉ

Injera (sourdough flatbread)

Injera is eaten with stew

food

እኛ

/i-gna/

እኛ አብረን እንሄዳለን።

We / Us

We go together.

pronouns

እጅ

/ij/

እጄ ይዘኛል።

Hand / Arm

My hand holds things.

body

እግር

/i-gir/

እግሬ ይቆጫኛል።

Foot / Leg

My foot hurts.

body

ወተት

/we-tet/

ወተት ጠጣሁ።

Milk

I drank milk.

food

ወንዝ

/wenz/

ወንዙ ሰፊ ነው።

River

The river is wide.

nouns

ወንድ ልጅ

/wend lij/

ወንድ ልጄ ይሮጣል።

Son / Boy

My son is running.

family

ወንድም

/wen-dim/

ወንድሜ ይማራል።

Brother

My brother is studying.

family

ወጥ

/wet/

ወጥ ውስጥ ስጋ አለ።

Stew / Sauce

There is meat in the stew.

food

ውሃ

/wi-ha/

ንጹህ ውሃ ፈልጋለሁ።

Water

I want clean water.

food

ዓሳ

/a-sa/

ዓሳ አበሉኝ።

Fish

They fed me fish.

food

ዓይን

/ayn/

ዓይኖቼ ደህና ናቸው።

Eye

My eyes are fine.

body

ዘጠኝ

/ze-ten/

ዘጠኝ ብር ብቻ ነው።

Nine

It is only nine birr.

numbers

ዛሬ

/za-re/

ዛሬ ጥሩ ቀን ነው።

Today

Today is a good day.

time

ይቅርታ

/yiq-ir-ta/

ይቅርታ፣ ልጠይቅዎ?

Sorry / Excuse me

Excuse me, may I ask you?

greetings

ደህና ሁን

/deh-na hun/

ደህና ሁን፣ ወዳጄ።

Stay well / Take care

Stay well, my friend.

greetings

ደህና ነህ?

/deh-na neh/

ደህና ነህ፣ ወንድሜ?

How are you? (to male)

How are you, brother?

greetings

ደህና ነሽ?

/deh-na nesh/

ደህና ነሽ፣ እህቴ?

How are you? (to female)

How are you, sister?

greetings

ደህና ነኝ

/deh-na ne-gn/

ደህና ነኝ፣ አመሰግናለሁ።

I am fine

I am fine, thank you.

greetings

ዳቦ

/da-bo/

ዳቦ ገዛሁ።

Bread

I bought bread.

food

ዶሮ ወጥ

/do-ro wet/

ዶሮ ወጥ እወዳለሁ።

Chicken stew (national dish)

I love chicken stew.

food

ጆሮ

/jo-ro/

ጆሮዬ ይሰማል።

Ear

My ear can hear.

body

ገበያ

/ge-be-ya/

ወደ ገበያ እሄዳለሁ።

Market

I am going to the market.

nouns

ገንዘብ

/gen-zeb/

ትንሽ ገንዘብ አለኝ።

Money

I have a little money.

nouns

ጠዋት

/te-wat/

ጠዋት ቡና እጠጣለሁ።

Morning

I drink coffee in the morning.

time

ጠጣ

/te-ta/

ውሃ ጠጣ።

Drink

Drink water.

verbs

ጥብስ

/tibs/

ጥብስ ዛሬ በላሁ።

Tibs (sautéed meat)

I ate tibs today.

food

ጨረቃ

/che-re-qa/

ጨረቃ ሌሊት ታበራለች።

Moon

The moon shines at night.

nouns

ጫካ

/cha-ka/

ጫካው ሩቅ ነው።

Forest / Bush

The forest is far.

nouns

ፀሐይ

/tse-hay/

ፀሐይ ዛሬ ሞቃት ነው።

Sun

The sun is hot today.

nouns

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