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Lightning

🇪🇹 Ethiopia Slang
Added Aug 10, 2025 · 3 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Lightning definition 1

መብረቅ/መብረቅ (Lightning)

"Lightning strike (Lightning strike)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Lightning definition 2

መብረቅ/መብረቅ (Mebrek) - lightning

"Bright mebrek (Bright lightning)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Lightning definition 3

Thunder flash (Lightning)

"Lightning striking! (Lightning is striking!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇪🇹 Ethiopia
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3 community definitions
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Lightning 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Zekler (Lightning)

"Lightning lor montanny (Lightning on mountain)"
Lightning 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Lightning (Lightning)

"Lightning strike tree. (Lightning struck a tree.)"

🇪🇹 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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🌍 "Lightning" Across Africa

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

Lightning 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Zekler (Lightning)
Lightning 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Lightning (Lightning)
Lightning 🇱🇷 Liberia

Thunder flash (Lightning)
Lightning 🇿🇲 Zambia

Sky flash

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