Somali
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]- (person from Somalia): Cushite, Horner, Horn African
Translations
[edit]a 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
[edit]Somali (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]pertaining 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
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Noun
[edit]Somali (plural Somali's)
- Synonym of Somaliër (“Somali, person from Somalia”)
Proper noun
[edit]Somali
- Synonym of Somalies (“Somali language”)
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Somali
- Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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nominative | Somali |
accusative | Somali'yi |
dative | Somali'ye |
locative | Somali'de |
ablative | Somali'den |
genitive | Somali'nin |
Possession of Somali
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]- (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]
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