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Fasting

🇪🇹 Ethiopia Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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ጾም/ጾም (Fasting)

"Fasting season (Fasting season)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇪🇹 Ethiopia
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April 2026

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Fasting 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Fasting (Religious fast)

"21 days fasting (21 days fast)"
Fasting 🇬🇭 Ghana

No food for spiritual reasons (Religious abstinence)

"We dey fasting this week (We're fasting this week)"

🇪🇹 About Ethiopia Slang

Ethiopian slang spans Amharic, Oromo, and Tigrinya, with Addis Abeba youth culture driving a mix of traditional expressions and modern street language.

KASINARY has 1778 Ethiopia slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Fasting" Across Africa

This word is also used in 4 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Fasting 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Fasting (Religious fast)
Fasting 🇬🇭 Ghana

No food for spiritual reasons (Religious abstinence)
Fasting 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho itima lijo / Not eating
Fasting 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Religious abstinence (Religious abstinence)

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