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ሰላም/selam/
hello
nounOpen
ሰላም/selam/
peace
nounOpen
ሰላም
/selam/
nounhello
How to say hello in Amharic

The Amharic word for hello is ሰላም, pronounced selam.

Ge'ez script
ሰላም
Transliteration
selam
Part of speech
noun
English meaning
hello
In context
ሰላም! እንደምን ነህ?
Hello! How are you? (to a man)
ሰላም፣ እንዴት ነህ?
Hello, how are you?
ሰላም።
Hello.
ሰላም። ስሜ ሙሴ ነው።
Hello. My name is Muse.
ሰላም። ስምህ ማን ነው?
Hello. What is your name?