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🇪🇹 Ethiopia Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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ቴሌግራም/ቴሌግራም (Telegram)

"Telegram group wist neh? (Are you in the Telegram group?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇪🇹 Ethiopia
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Telegram 🇩🇿 Algeria

Messaging app

"Join the Telegram group"
Telegram 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Telegram (Messaging app)

"Message on telegram (Message on app)"

🇪🇹 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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🌍 "Telegram" Across Africa

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

Telegram 🇩🇿 Algeria

Messaging app
Telegram 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Telegram (Messaging app)
Telegram 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Programu ya mazungumzo (Chat application)
Telegram 🇲🇬 Madagascar

Telegram / Message

🇪🇹 More Ethiopia Slang

Recycling ሪሳይክሊንግ/ሪሳይክሊንግ (Recycling) - recycling Fast food ፈጣን ምግብ/ፈጣን ምግብ (Fetan migib) - fast food Mamachuye ማማችዬ/ማማችዬ (Mamachuye) - my dear (feminine) Football field የእግር ኳስ ሜዳ/የእግር ኳስ ሜዳ (Ye'igir kwas meda) - football field Fayyaa ፋያ/ጤና (Health - Oromo) Leba Means “thief” but slang for someone who’s slick or a player. Usage: Don’t trust that leba …
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ዴሊቨሪ አፕ/ዴሊቨሪ አፕ (Delivery app) - delivery app

Good night 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ደህና እደር/ደህና እደር (Dehna ider) - good night

Campaign 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ቅስቀሳ/ቅስቀሳ (Campaign)

Teret 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

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የምስክር ወረቀት/የምስክር ወረቀት (Yemiskir wereket) - certificate

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Literally “country boy,” used to call someone naive or old-fashioned. Usage: He still asks permission for everything – y…

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ሐኪም/ሐኪም (Hakeem) - doctor

Demmu new 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

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

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