African Slang Words Starting With "D"

ዲጄ/ዲጄ (DJ)

ዲኤም/የግል መልእክት (Direct message)

ዲፒ/የመግለጫ ምስል (Display picture)

ዲቲአር/ግንኙነትን መወሰን (Define the relationship)

ዳማ/ዳማ (Dama) - checkers

ደማከሴ/ደማከሴ (Traditional herb)

ደማከሴ/ደማከሴ (Damakesse) - medicinal plant

ዳንስ/ዳንስ (Dance) - dance

ዳንስ ፍሎር/ዳንስ ፍሎር (Dance floor) - dance floor

ዳሽን/ዳሽን (Dashen)

ዳታ ባንድል/ዳታ ባንድል (Data bundle) - data bundle

ዴት/ቀጠሮ (Date)

የቀጠሮ ምሽት/የቀጠሮ ምሽት (Yeketero mishet) - date night

የፍቅር አፕ/የፍቅር አፕ (Yefikir app) - dating app

የሕፃናት ማቆያ/የሕፃናት ማቆያ (Yehitsanat makoya) - daycare

ዴድ/በጣም አስቂኝ (Dead/very funny)

ዴድላይን/የመጨረሻ ቀን (Deadline)

ደብር/ደብር (Deber) - feast

ዴቢት ካርድ/ዴቢት ካርድ (Debit card) - debit card

ደብረ/ደብረ (Debre) - monastery

ደቡብ/ደቡብ (Debub) - south/wind

ማስዋብ/ማስዋብ (Maswab) - decoration

ደደብ/ደንቆሮ (Stupid/fool)

ደብተር/ደብተር (Defter) - notebook

የዲግሪ ሰርተፍኬት/የዲግሪ ሰርተፍኬት (Yedegree certificate) - degree certificate

ድሃ/ድሃ (Deha) - poor person

ደሓን/ደህና (Fine - Tigrinya)

ደህና ነህ/ደህና ነህ (Dehna neh) - how are you (m)

ደህና ነሽ/ደህና ነሽ (Dehna nesh) - how are you (f)

ዴሊቨሪ/ማድረስ (Delivery)

ዴሊቨሪ አፕ/ዴሊቨሪ አፕ (Delivery app) - delivery app

ደመር/ደመና (Cloud)

Literally “it’s blood,” meaning something is intense or for real. Usage: Exams bicha? Demmu new, man, you have to study ...

ደሞ/ግን (But/however)

ደሞ ምን/ደሞ ምን (But what)

ዴሞክራሲ/ዴሞክራሲ (Democracy)

ደንቃማ/ደንቃማ (Denkama) - lazy

ደንቆሮ/ደንቆሮ (Denqoro) - stupid/fool

ዲፖዚት/ዲፖዚት (Deposit) - deposit

ዲዛይነር/ዲዛይነር (Designer)

ዲዛይነር ብራንድ/ዲዛይነር ብራንድ (Designer brand) - designer brand

ደስታ/ደስታ (Happiness)

ሳሙና/ሳሙና (Samuna) - detergent

ልማት/ልማት (Development)

ጤዛ/ጤዛ (Dew)

ዱጋ/እውነት (Truth - Oromo)

ዳይፐር/ዳይፐር (Diaper) - diaper

ዲያስፖራ/በውጭ የሚኖር (Diaspora)

ዲያስፖራ ላይፍ/የውጭ ኑሮ (Diaspora life)

ናፍጣ/ናፍጣ (Nafta) - diesel