| Arabic Term | Amharic Translation | Literal Meaning | Cultural Adaptation | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Salah (Prayer) | Sälot | Petition | Borrowed from Ge’ez Christian term, now fully Islamized. | | Zakat (Alms) | Yämisikinä mä’rab | Food for the poor | Descriptive translation; often used with Arabic original. | | Bid’ah (Innovation) | Hadis läf | New thing (pejorative) | Unique Amharic neologism to warn against heretical practices. |