Somali

See also: somali and somalí

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈmɑːli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /soʊˈmɑːli/, /səˈmɑːli/
• Hyphenation: So‧ma‧li

Noun

Somali (countable and uncountable, plural Somalis)

1. (uncountable) A Cushitic language spoken mainly in Somalia and eastern Ethiopia.
2. (countable) A person from Somalia or of Somali descent.
3. A domestic cat breed.

Synonyms

• Somalian (A citizen or inhabitant of Somalia).

Hypernyms

• (person from Somalia): sub-Saharan, Horner, Horn African

Translations

a language

• Arabic: صُومَالِيَّة‎ (ar) f (ṣomāliyya)
• Armenian: սոմալի (hy) (somali)
• Basque: somaliera (eu)
• Belarusian: самалійская f (samalijskaja)
• Bulgarian: сомалийски m (somalijski)
• Catalan: somali (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索馬里語, 索马里语 (Suǒmǎlǐ-yǔ)

• Czech: somálština f
• Dutch: Somalisch (nl) n
• Esperanto: somala lingvo
• Finnish: somali (fi), somalin kieli
• French: somali (fr) m
• German: Somali (de) n, Somalisch (de) n
• Greek: σομαλικά (el) n pl (somaliká)
• Gujarati: સોમાલી m (somālī)
• Hindi: सोमाली (hi) m (somālī)
• Hungarian: szomáli (hu) m
• Icelandic: Sómalska m
• Irish: Somáilis f
• Japanese: ソマリア語 (Somaria-go), ソマリ語 (ja) (Somari-go)
• Khmer: ភាសាសូម៉ាលី (pʰiesaa soomaalii)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: somāļu valoda f, somāliešu valoda f
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can

• Macedonian: сомалиски m (somaliski)
• Maltese: Somali m
• Moksha: сомалиень (somalijenʹ)
• Navajo: Soomáálii bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: somali (no) m, somalisk m

  Nynorsk: somali m, somalisk (nn) m

• Novial: somalianum m
• Polish: somalijski (pl) m
• Portuguese: somali (pt) m
• Romanian: somaleză (ro) f, somali (ro) f
• Russian: сомали́йский (ru) m (somalíjskij)
• Scots: Somali
• Somali: af somaali (so)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: somališćina f

• Spanish: somalí (es) m
• Swahili: Kisomali
• Swedish: somaliska (sv) c
• Thai: ภาษาโซมาลี (paasăa sohmaalee)
• Turkish: Somalice (tr)
• Ukrainian: сомалійська f (somalijsʹka)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Walloon: Somalyin
• Welsh: Somalïeg f

a person from Somalia or of Somali descent

• Arabic: صُومَالِيّ‎ m (ṣomāliyy), صُومَالِيَّة‎ (ar) f (ṣomāliyya)
• Basque: somaliar
• Catalan: somali (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索馬里人 (zh), 索马里人 (zh) (Suǒmǎlǐ-rén)

• Czech: Somálec (cs) m, Somálka f
• Dutch: Somaliër (nl) m, Somalische (nl) f
• Esperanto: somaliano (man or woman), somalianino (woman)
• Finnish: somali (fi)
• French: Somalien (fr) m, Somalienne (fr) f
• German: (ethnic) Somali (de) m or f, (citizen) Somalier (de) m, Somalierin (de) f
• Greek: Σομαλός (el) m (Somalós), Σομαλή f (Somalí)
• Hindi: सुमाली (hi) m (sumālī)
• Irish: Somálach m

• Latvian: somālietis m, somāliete f
• Lithuanian: somalietis (lt) m, somalietė (lt) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: somalier m

  Nynorsk: somaliar (nn) m

• Polish: Somalijczyk (pl) m, Somalijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: somali (pt) m or f, somaliano (pt) m
• Romanian: somalez (ro) m, somaleză (ro) f
• Russian: сомали́ец (ru) m (somalíjec), сомали́йка (ru) f (somalíjka)
• Spanish: somalí (es)
• Swahili: Msomali (sw)
• Turkish: Somalili (tr)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Somali terms
• Somali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Somali (cat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Somali (cat) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Adjective

Somali (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language.

Translations

pertaining to Somalia

• Arabic: صُومَالِيّ‎ (ṣomāliyy)
• Basque: somaliar
• Catalan: somali (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索馬里的 (zh), 索马里的 (zh) (Suǒmǎlǐ-de)

• Czech: somálský (cs)
• Dutch: Somalisch (nl)
• Esperanto: somalia
• Finnish: somalialainen (fi), somali-, somalilais-
• French: somalien (fr)
• German: somalisch (de)
• Greek: σομαλικός m (somalikós)

• Irish: Somálach
• Latvian: somāļu, somāliešu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: somalisk

  Nynorsk: somalisk (nn)

• Novial: somaliani
• Polish: somalijski (pl) m
• Portuguese: somali (pt), somaliano (pt)
• Romanian: somalez (ro)
• Russian: сомали́йский (ru) (somalíjskij)
• Spanish: somalí (es)
• Swahili: Kisomali

Further reading

A Somali kitten.

• Somali–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 code so, ISO 639-3 code som
• Ethnologue entry for Somali, so

Anagrams

• Alimos, Islamo-, mailos, maolis, salomi

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Maltese

Proper noun

Somali m

1. the Somali language

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Turkish

Proper noun

Somali

1. Somalia