Somali
English
editEtymology
editFrom or akin to Somali Soomaali.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /səˈmɑːli/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /soʊˈmɑːli/, /səˈmɑːli/
- Hyphenation: So‧ma‧li
Proper noun
editSomali
- (uncountable) A Cushitic language spoken mainly in Somalia, eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, and eastern Kenya.
- Somali is the primary language of Somalia
- (uncountable) Somali language and literature as an object of study.
- I'm learning Somali.
Noun
editSomali (countable and uncountable, plural Somali or Somalis)
- (chiefly countable, collective) An ethnic group native to the Somali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis.
- Historically, Somalis were a nomadic people herding camels, goats, and sheep. Nowadays, many if not most Somalis are urbanized people.
- (chiefly uncountable, collective and in the plural) Pertaining to the Somali ethnic group on the whole; the Somali.
- The Somali are an ethnic group of Cushitic origin indigenous to the Somali Peninsula. Their language is called Somali.
- (countable, collective) A citizen or resident from the country of Somalia. The term Somalian is sometimes used as an alternative to Somali to emphasize civic affiliations to the Republic of Somalia and de-emphasize ethnic affiliations. Using the term Somalian may be offensive to some Somalis as it is deemed nonstandard. Some Somali ethnonationalists do not consider all citizens of Somalia to be Somali. Some Somali separatists prefer terms such as Somalian or Somalilander in civic contexts over the ethnolinguistic connoted term Somali.
- (countable, collective) A person from Somali-majority republics, states, or regions, including but not limited to: the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland, the Somali region of Ethiopia (often called 'the Ogaden', but more neutrally 'the Somali region'), or autonomous states within Somalia's federal system such as Puntland.
- A domestic cat breed derived from the 'Abyssinian cat'. This cat breed is alternatively called the 'long-haired Abyssinian cat' or the 'Fox cat'.
Synonyms
editHypernyms
edit- (person from Somalia): Cushite, Horner, Horn African
Translations
edita language
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a person from Somalia or of Somali descent
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See also
edit- Wiktionary’s coverage of Somali terms
- Somali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Somali (cat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Somali (cat) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Adjective
editSomali (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editpertaining to Somalia
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References
edit- ^ “Somali”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
edit- Somali–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
- ISO 639-1 code so, ISO 639-3 code som (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Somali, som
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editNoun
editSomali (plural Somali's)
- Synonym of Somaliër (“Somali, person from Somalia”)
Proper noun
editSomali
- Synonym of Somalies (“Somali language”)
Turkish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSomali
- Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)
Declension
editsingular | |
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nominative | Somali |
accusative | Somali'yi |
dative | Somali'ye |
locative | Somali'de |
ablative | Somali'den |
genitive | Somali'nin |
singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Somali'm | Somalilerim Somali'lerim |
senin (your) | Somali'n | Somalilerin Somali'lerin |
onun (his/her/its) | Somali'si | Somalileri Somali'leri |
bizim (our) | Somali'miz | Somalilerimiz Somali'lerimiz |
sizin (your) | Somali'niz | Somalileriniz Somali'leriniz |
onların (their) | Somali'si Somalileri Somali'leri |
Somalileri Somali'leri |
See also
edit- Angola
- Batı Sahra
- Benin
- Botsvana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cezayir
- Cibuti
- Çad
- Ekvator Ginesi
- Eritre
- Esvatini
- Etiyopiya
- Fas
- Fildişi Sahili
- Gabon
- Gambiya
- Gana
- Gine
- Gine-Bissau
- Güney Afrika
- Güney Sudan
- Kamerun
- Kenya
- Komorlar
- Kongo Cumhuriyeti
- Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti
- Lesotho
- Liberya
- Libya
- Madagaskar
- Malavi
- Mali
- Mauritius
- Mısır
- Moritanya
- Mozambik
- Namibya
- Nijer
- Nijeria
- Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti
- Ruanda
- Senegal
- Seyşeller
- Sierra Leone
- Somali
- Sudan
- São Tomé ve Príncipe
- Tanzanya
- Togo
- Tunus
- Uganda
- Yeşil Burun
- Zambiya
- Zimbabve
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