Language/Amharic/Vocabulary/Education

Education-related vocabularies (ትምህርት ነክ ቃሎች/ሀረጎች tïmïhrt-näk k’aloč/harägoč) in Amharic

Amharic	Pronunciation	English
ጥቁር ሰሌዳ	tïk’ur-säleda	black board
ነጭ ሰሌዳ	näc-säleda	white board
ጠመኔ	t’ämäne	chalk
መጽሀፍ	mäs’haf	book
ርዕሰ መምህር	rï’їsä-mämïr	school principal/director
አስተማሪ	astämari	teacher
መምህር	mämïhr	teacher (formal)
መምህራን	mämïhran	Teachers
ተማሪ	tämari	student
የማስተማሪያ እቅድ	yämastämarya ïk’ïd	lesson plan
የዕለት እቅድ	yäïlät ïkïd	daily lesson plan
መርጃ መሳሪያ	märja-mässarya	teaching aid
መውደቅ	mäwdäk	to fail
ማለፍ	maläf	to pass
መካከለኛ	mäkakäläňa	average
መማሪያ ክፍል	mämarya kïfïl	class room
የመምህር መምሪያ	yämämïhïr mämïriya	teachers
ክፍለ ጊዜ	guide kïfïlä gize	time of lesson (period)
ስርአተ ትምህርት	sïrï’atä-tïmïhïrt	curriculum
ሰነፍ ተማሪ	sänäf-tämari	lazy student
ጎበዝ ተማሪ	gobäz-tämari	active student
ሰሌዳ ማጥፊያ	säleda - matïfïya	duster
ደብተር	däbïtär	exercise book
የቤት ስራ	yäbet sïra	home work
የክፍል ስራ	yäkïfïl sïra	class work
መልመጃ	mälmäja	exercise
ውጤት ማስፈሪያ	wїt’et masfärya	roster
የውጤት ካርድ	yäwїt’et kard	certificate
ቢሮ	biro	office
ትምህርት ክፍል	tïmïhïrt kïfïl	department
ስብሰባ	sïbïsäba	meeting
የመምህራን ውይይት	yä mämïran wїyïyït	teachers’ discussion/meeting
ስልጠና	sïlït’na	training
የስራ ላይ ስልጠና	yä sïra lay sïlït’na	on job training
አቅም ግንባታ	ak’ïm gïnbata	capacity building
የአቅም ግንባታ ስልጠና	yä ak’ïm gïnbata sïlït’na	capacity building training
የማስተማር ልምምድ	yä mastämar lïmïmd	teaching practice
የማስተማር ልምድ	yä mastämar lïmd	teaching experience
አባላት	abalat	members
ክበብ	kïbäb	club
ማሳሰቢያ	masasäbiya	notice(NB)
ማስታወቂያ	mastawäk’iya	announcement
ጋዜጣ	gazet’a	news paper
መዝሙር	mäzmur	song
ዜና	zena	news
ሊቀ መንበር	lik’ä mänbär	chair person
ጭውውት	č’ïwïwït	role play
ግጥም	gït’ïm	poem
ዝግጅት	zïgïjït	program
ኃላፊ	halafi	head (boss)
ቋንቋ	k’wank’wa	language
ውድድር	wïdïdïr	competition
ስነ ጽሁፍ	sïnä s’ïhuf	literature
ሙዚቃ	muzik’a	music
ቤተ መጻህፍት	betä mäs’ahïft	library
የትምህርት ማዕከል	yätïmïhïrt ma’ïkäl	pedagogical center
ማባዣ ክፍል	mabaža kïfl	printing room
መጸዳጃ ቤት	mäs’ädaja bet	toilet
መዝገብ ቤት	mäzïgäb bet	record office
ንብረት ክፍል	nïbïrt kïfl	stock room
ሰንደቅ አላማ/ባንዲራ	sändäk’ alama/ bandira	flag
ጸረ ኤድስ ክበብ	s’ärä AIDS kïbäb	anti AIDS club
ቀይ መስቀል ክበብ	k’äy mäsk’äl kïbäb	red cross club
ሀገርህን እወቅ ክበብ	hagärïhn ïwäk’ kïbäb	discover ethiopia club
የተፈጥሮ ሳይንስ ክበብ	yätäfät’ïro sayïns kïbäb	natural science club
መጥራት	mät’ïrat	to call
መመስረት	mämäsïrät	to establish
መምራት	mämïrat	to lead
የቡድን መሪ	yäbudn märi	team leader
መርዳት	märïdat	to assist, to help
መዝናናት	mäzïnanat	to entertain oneself
ማዝናናት	mazïnanat	to entertain someone
መምረጥ	mämïrät’	to elect, select
መመዝገብ	mämäzïgäb	to register
መለማመድ	mälämamäd	to pracice
መስራት	mäsïrat	to work, to do,to perform
መዘመር	mäzämär	to sing(song)
መዝፈን	mäzïfän	to sing(music)
መዘጋጀት	mäzägajät	to be prepared
ማስተባበር	mastäbabär	to coordinate
መድገም	mädïgäm	to repeat/ to be detained
መሞከር	mämokär	to try
ማርፈድ	marïfäd	to be late
መዋሸት	mäwašät	to lie
መደባደብ	mädäbadäb	to fight(physical)
መቅረት	mäk’ïrät	to be absent
መምከር	mämïkär	to give advice
መገልበጥ	mägälïbät’	to copy
መሰልጠን	mäsälït’än	to be trained
ማሰልጠን	masälït’än	to give training
ማቀድ	mak’äd	to plan
አስተባባሪ	astäbabari	coordinator
የክፍል ሃላፊ	yäkïfl halafi	homeroom teacher
ርዕሠ መምህር	rï’ïsä mämïhr	director/ principal

Source

https://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps/Amharic/Amharic%20Peace%20Corps%20Language%20Manual-2015.pdf

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