Somali

Somali

See also: somali, somalí, and Sómali

English

Etymology

From or akin to Somali Soomaali.[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈmɑːli/

• Audio (southern England)

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• (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

• Thesaurus:Somali

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 (zh) (Suǒmǎlǐ-yǔ) Czech: somálština f Dutch: Somalisch (nl) n, Somali (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 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) Tigrinya: ሶማሊ (somali) 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／索马里人 (zh) (Suǒmǎlǐ-rén) Czech: Somálec (cs) m, Somálka (cs) 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 Galician: somalí (gl) m 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.

Derived terms

• Mali

Translations

pertaining to Somalia

Arabic: صُومَالِيّ‎ (ṣomāliyy) Basque: somaliar Catalan: somali (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 索馬里的／索马里的 (zh) (Suǒmǎlǐ-de) Czech: somálský (cs) Dutch: Somalisch (nl) Esperanto: somalia Finnish: somalialainen (fi), somali-, somalilais- French: somalien (fr) Galician: somalí (gl) German: somalisch (de) Greek: σομαλικός m (somalikós) Irish: Somálach Latvian: somāļu, somāliešu Norwegian: Bokmål: somalisk Nynorsk: somalisk (nn) Polish: somalijski (pl) m Portuguese: somali (pt), somaliano (pt) Romanian: somalez (ro) Russian: сомали́йский (ru) (somalíjskij) Spanish: somalí (es) Swahili: Kisomali Welsh: Somalïaidd m or f, Somalaidd m or f

References

1. “Somali”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

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 (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Somali, som ⁠

Anagrams

• Alimos, Islamo-, Siloam, mailos, maolis, salomi

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Maltese

Proper noun

Somali m

1. the Somali language

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Somalie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.má.li/, [so̞.mä́.l̠ʲi]

Proper noun

Somali

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa)

Declension

declension of Somali

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Somali
accusative (belirtme)	Somali'yi
dative (yönelme)	Somali'ye
locative (bulunma)	Somali'de
ablative (çıkma)	Somali'den
genitive (tamlayan)	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]}