Somali

See also: somali, somalí, and Sómali

English

Etymology

From or akin to Somali Soomaali.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /səˈmɑːli/
  • (file)
  • (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.

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Adjective

Somali (not comparable)

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

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References

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

Further reading

A Somali kitten.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

Somali (plural Somali's)

  1. Synonym of Somaliër (Somali, person from Somalia)

Proper noun

Somali

  1. Synonym of Somalies (Somali language)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Somalie.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Somali

  1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Declension

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