Somali
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A Somali kitten.
English
Etymology
From or akin to Somali Soomaali.[1]
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /səˈmɑːli/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /soʊˈmɑːli/, /səˈmɑːli/
- Hyphenation: So‧ma‧li
Noun
Somali (countable and uncountable, plural Somalis)
- (uncountable) A Cushitic language spoken mainly in Somalia and eastern Ethiopia.
- (countable) A person from Somalia or of Somali descent.
- A domestic cat breed.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- (person from Somalia): Cushite, Horner, Horn African
Translations
a language
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a person from Somalia or of Somali descent
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See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Somali terms
Somali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Somali (cat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:Somali (cat) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Adjective
Somali (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language.
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to Somalia
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References
- ^ “Somali”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
- 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
Afrikaans
Noun
Somali (plural Somali's)
- Synonym of Somaliër (“Somali, person from Somalia”)
Proper noun
Somali
- Synonym of Somalies (“Somali language”)
Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Somali
- Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Somali |
| accusative | Somali'yi |
| dative | Somali'ye |
| locative | Somali'de |
| ablative | Somali'den |
| genitive | Somali'nin |
Possession of Somali
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; 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, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve (Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]