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Somali

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See also:somali,somalí,andSómali

English

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Etymology

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From or akin toSomaliSoomaali.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Somali

  1. (uncountable) ACushitic language spoken mainly inSomalia, easternEthiopia,Djibouti, and easternKenya.
    Somali is the primary language of Somalia
  2. (uncountable) Somalilanguage andliterature as anobject ofstudy.
    I'm learningSomali.
A Somali kitten (sense 5).

Noun

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Somali (countable anduncountable,pluralSomaliorSomalis)

  1. (chiefly countable, collective) Anethnic groupnative to theSomali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis.
    Historically,Somalis were a nomadic people herding camels, goats, and sheep. Nowadays, many if not mostSomalis are urbanized people.
    • 2025 December 19, Ryan Doerfler, Samuel Moyn, “It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced”, inThe Guardian‎[1], archived fromthe original on19 December 2025:
      Authorized by the court to engage in racial profiling, masked federal agents continue to descend upon “Democrat-run” cities, subjecting Latinos and nowSomalis to ongoing abuse.
  2. (chiefly uncountable, collective and in theplural) The Somaliethnic groupas a whole; the Somali.
    TheSomali are an ethnic group of Cushitic origin indigenous to theSomali Peninsula. Their language is calledSomali.
  3. (countable, collective) Acitizen orresident from the country ofSomalia.
  4. (countable, collective) A person from a Somali-majorityrepublic,state, orregion, including but not limited to: theunrecognized Republic ofSomaliland, the Somali region of Ethiopia (often called theOgaden, but moreneutrallythe Somali region), orautonomous states within Somalia'sfederal system such asPuntland.
  5. Adomestic catbreed derived from theAbyssinian cat.
    Synonyms:fox cat,long-haired Abyssinian

Usage notes

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Synonyms

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Hypernyms

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Translations

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a language
a person from Somalia or of Somali descent

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Adjective

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Somali (notcomparable)

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

Derived terms

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Translations

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pertaining to Somalia

References

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  1. ^“Somali”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Noun

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Somali (pluralSomali's)

  1. synonym ofSomaliër(“Somali, person from Somalia”)

Proper noun

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Somali

  1. synonym ofSomalies(“Somali language”)

Turkish

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TurkishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchSomalie.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Somali

  1. Somalia (acountry inEast Africa, in theHorn of Africa)

Declension

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Declension ofSomali
singular
nominativeSomali
accusativeSomali'yi
dativeSomali'ye
locativeSomali'de
ablativeSomali'den
genitiveSomali'nin
Possessive forms ofSomali
singularplural
benim(my)Somali'mSomalilerim
Somali'lerim
senin(your)Somali'nSomalilerin
Somali'lerin
onun(his/her/its)Somali'siSomalileri
Somali'leri
bizim(our)Somali'mizSomalilerimiz
Somali'lerimiz
sizin(your)Somali'nizSomalileriniz
Somali'leriniz
onların(their)Somali'si
Somalileri
Somali'leri		Somalileri
Somali'leri

See also

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countries in Africa:Afrikaülkeleri (appendix)edit
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