Page 6 — Vocabulary · አማርኛ

🧍 Body Parts — የሰውነት ክፍሎች

ራስ

ras

head

ፊት

fit

face

ዐይን

ayin

eye

ጆሮ

joro

ear

አፍ

af

mouth

አፍንጫ

afincha

nose

ጥርስ

tirs

teeth

ምላስ

milas

tongue

ፀጉር

tsegur

hair

አንገት

anget

neck

ደረት

deret

chest

ሆድ

hod

stomach

ጀርባ

jerba

back

እጅ

ij

hand / arm

ጣት

tat

finger

እግር

igr

foot / leg

ጉልበት

gulbet

knee

ልብ

lib

heart

👨‍👩‍👧 Family — ቤተሰብ

አባት

abat

father

እናት

inat

mother

ወንድ ልጅ

wend lij

son / boy

ሴት ልጅ

set lij

daughter / girl

ወንድም

wendim

brother

እህት

ihit

sister

ሚስት

mist

wife

ባል

bal

husband

አያት

ayat

grandparent

ልጅ

lij

child

ቤተሰብ

beteseb

family

ጓደኛ

guadegna

friend

🍽️ Food & Drink — ምግብ እና መጠጥ

እንጀራ

injera

sourdough flatbread (staple food)

ወጥ

wet

stew / sauce

ዶሮ ወጥ

doro wet

chicken stew

ጥብስ

tibis

grilled meat

ሽሮ

shiro

chickpea stew

ቁርስ

qurs

breakfast

ምሳ

misa

lunch

እራት

erat

dinner

ቡና

buna

coffee ☕

ሻይ

shai

tea

ውሃ

wiha

water

ወተት

wetet

milk

ዳቦ

dabo

bread

ማር

mar

honey

ጣፋጭ

tafach

sweet / delicious

ቆጣ

qota

spicy / hot

🎨 Colors — ቀለሞች

ቀይ

qey

red

ሰማያዊ

semayawi

blue

አረንጓዴ

arenguade

green

ቢጫ

bicha

yellow

ብርቱካናማ

birtukannama

orange

ወይን ጠጅ

weyn tej

purple

ሮዝ

roz

pink

ጥቁር

tikur

black

ነጭ

nech

white

ግራጫ

gracha

gray

ቡናማ

bunama

brown

ሐምራዊ

hamrawi

cyan / teal

📍 Places — ቦታዎች

ቤት

bet

house / home

ትምህርት ቤት

timhirt bet

school

ሆስፒታል

hospital

hospital

ሱቅ

suq

shop / market

ምግብ ቤት

migib bet

restaurant

ሆቴል

hotel

hotel

ባንክ

bank

bank

አየር ማረፊያ

ayer marefia

airport

ከተማ

ketema

city

ሀገር

hager

country

ተራራ

terara

mountain

ወንዝ

wenz

river

⚡ Common Verbs — ግሦች (infinitive form)

መሄድ

mehede

to go

መምጣት

memtat

to come

መብላት

meblat

to eat

መጠጣት

metitat

to drink

ማየት

mayet

to see

ማድረግ

madreg

to do / make

መናገር

menager

to speak

ማዳመጥ

madamet

to listen

ማንበብ

manbeb

to read

መጻፍ

metsaf

to write

መማር

memar

to learn

ማወቅ

maweq

to know

ወደድ

weded

to love / like

መስራት

mesrat

to work

ማረፍ

maref

to rest / sleep

መሮጥ

merot

to run

መስጠት

mestihet

to give

መውሰድ

mewosed

to take

ማግኘት

magnyet

to find / get

መቀመጥ

meqemet

to sit / stay

✨ Adjectives — ቅጽሎች

💡 Adjectives in Amharic come BEFORE the noun: ቆንጆ ሴት = beautiful woman (beautiful + woman)

ጥሩ

tiru

good

መጥፎ

metfo

bad

ትልቅ

tilik

big / large

ትንሽ

tinish

small / little

አዲስ

addis

new

አሮጌ

aroge

old

ቆንጆ

qonjo

beautiful

ፈጣን

fetan

fast

ቀስ ያለ

qes yale

slow

ሞቃት

moqat

hot / warm

ቀዝቃዛ

qezqaza

cold

ቅርብ

qirb

near / close

ደስተኛ

destegna

happy

ሐዘኛ

hazegna

sad

ብልህ

bilih

smart

ውድ

wud

expensive

ርካሽ

rikash

cheap

ጣፋጭ

tafach

delicious / sweet

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