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እንጂ/nji/
rather
adverbOpen
እንጂ
/nji/
adverbrather
How to say rather in Amharic

The Amharic word for rather is እንጂ, pronounced nji.

Ge'ez script
እንጂ
Transliteration
nji
Part of speech
adverb
English meaning
rather
In context
"በትግራይ ውጊያ ሲጀመር በመጀመሪያው ዙር ወጊያ ሽሬን ካስለቀቅን በኋላ የኤርትራ ጦር ከኋላ ኋላ ተከትሎ ሽሬ ገብቶ የአንዳንድ ግለሰቦችን ቤት ማፍረስ፣ ፎቅ ማፍረስ ሲጀምር ፀብ ተጀምሯል፤ አልተናገርንም እንጂ" ሲሉ በሁለቱ መንግሥታት መካከል "ጸብ የጀመረው" ከትግራይ ጦርነት ጋር በተያያዘ መሆኑ ገልጸዋል
By saying, "When the fighting in Tigray began, after we cleared Shire in the first round of battles, Eritrean troops followed behind and entered Shire, and when they started demolishing some people's houses and buildings, resentment began; we just didn't talk about it," they revealed that the resentment between the two governments began in connection with the Tigray war.
ድሮ አውሮፕላን ሰውን ያሳፍራል እንጂ እንደ መናኛ አይዙሱ ዕቃ ተሸክሞ፣ ኩሊነት ሠርቶ፣ ገንዘብ ያመጣል ተብሎ ብዙም አይዳነቅም ነበር
In the old days, airplanes were seen mainly as something that carried people and made them travel; they weren't really thought of as things that transported cargo, created jobs, and brought in money.
ሌላ አማራጭ እንጂ ይህ አይሆንም።
Rather another option - this won't do.
ጥሩ አይደለም እንጂ ርካሽ ነው።
It's not good - rather it is cheap.
ይህ አይደለም ያስፈለገኝ እንጂ።
This is not what I needed - rather something else.
እንጂ (nji): Amharic Meaning and Pronunciation | Gursha