Somali

somali somalí Sómali English Etymology From or akin to en so Soomaali. Pronunciation en /səˈmɑːli/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Somali.wav Southern England en /soʊˈmɑːli/ /səˈmɑːli/ US en So ma li Proper noun en uncountable A Cushitic language spoken mainly in Somalia, eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, and eastern Kenya. en Somali is the primary language of Somalia en uncountable Somali language and literature as an object of study. en I'm learning Somali. Derived terms en proto-Macro-Somali thumb|right|alt=A photo of a kitten's face|A Somali kitten (sense 5). Noun ~ * + en chiefly countable collective An ethnic group native to the Somali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis. en Historically, Somalis were a nomadic people herding camels, goats, and sheep. Nowadays, many if not most Somalis are urbanized people. Ryan Doerfler;Samuel Moyn It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/19/us-supreme-court-legitimacy 2025-12-19 Authorized by the court to engage in racial profiling, masked federal agents continue to descend upon “Democrat-run” cities, subjecting Latinos and now Somalis to ongoing abuse. https://web.archive.org/web/20251219170936/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/19/us-supreme-court-legitimacy en chiefly uncountable collective and in the plural The Somali ethnic group as a whole; the Somali. en The Somali are an ethnic group of Cushitic origin indigenous to the Somali Peninsula. Their language is called Somali. en countable collective A citizen or resident from the country of Somalia. en countable collective A person from a Somali-majority republic, state, or region, including but not limited to: the Republic of Somaliland, the Somali region of Ethiopia (often called the Ogaden, but more neutrally the Somali region), or autonomous states within Somalia's federal system such as Puntland. A domestic cat breed derived from the Abyssinian cat. en fox cat long-haired Abyssinian Usage notes Of the third sense, the term Somalian is sometimes used as an alternative to Somali to emphasize civic affiliations to the Republic of Somalia and de-emphasize ethnic affiliations. Using the term Somalian may be offensive to some Somalis as it is deemed nonstandard. Some Somali ethnonationalists do not consider all citizens of Somalia to be Somali. Some Somali separatists prefer terms such as Somalian or Somalilander in civic contexts over the ethnolinguistic connoted term Somali. Synonyms en Thesaurus:Somali Hypernyms en Horn African, en East African, en African, en Horner, en Cushite Translations a language Afrikaans: af Somali, af Somalies Arabic: ar صُومَالِيَّة f ṣomāliyya Armenian: hy սոմալի Asturian: ast somalín Basque: eu somaliera Belarusian: be самалійская f Bulgarian: bg сомалийски m Catalan: ca somali m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 索馬里語 Suǒmǎlǐ-yǔ, cmn 索馬利亞語 Czech: cs somálština f Dutch: nl Somalisch n, nl Somali n Esperanto: eo somala lingvo Finnish: fi somali, fi somalin kieli French: fr somali m German: de Somali n, de Somalisch n Greek: el σομαλικά n-p Gujarati: gu સોમાલી m Hindi: hi सोमाली m Hungarian: hu szomáli m Icelandic: is Sómalska m Irish: ga Somáilis f Japanese: ja ソマリア語 Somaria-go, ja ソマリ語 Somari-go Khmer: km ភាសាសូម៉ាលី pʰiesaa soomaalii Korean: ko 소말리어 Latvian: lv somāļu valoda f, lv somāliešu valoda f Lithuanian: lt somalių Macedonian: mk сомалиски m Maltese: mt Somalu Is-Somalu m Marathi: mr सोमाली Moksha: mdf сомалиень Navajo: nv Soomáálii bizaad Norwegian: Bokmål: nb somali m, nb somalisk m Nynorsk: nn somali m, nn somalisk m Polish: pl somalijski m Portuguese: pt somali m Romanian: ro somaleză f, ro somali f Russian: ru сомали́йский m Scots: sco Somali Somali: so af somaali Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: hsb somališćina f Spanish: es somalí m Swahili: sw Kisomali Swedish: sv somaliska c Thai: th ภาษาโซมาลี paasăa sohmaalee Tigrinya: ti ሶማሊ Turkish: tr Somalice Ukrainian: uk сомалійська f Volapük: vo Walloon: wa Somalyin Welsh: cy Somalïeg f a person from Somalia or of Somali descent Afrikaans: af Somaliër Arabic: ar صُومَالِيّ m ṣomāliyy, ar صُومَالِيَّة f ṣomāliyya Asturian: ast somalín m, ast somalina f Basque: eu somaliar Catalan: ca somali m f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 索馬里人 Suǒmǎlǐ-rén Czech: cs Somálec m, cs Somálka f Dutch: nl Somaliër m, nl Somalische f Esperanto: eo somaliano man or woman, eo somalianino woman Finnish: fi somali French: fr Somalien m, fr Somalienne f Galician: gl somalí m German: ethnic de Somali m f, citizen de Somalier m, de Somalierin f Greek: el Σομαλός m, el Σομαλή f Hindi: hi सुमाली m Irish: ga Somálach m Latvian: lv somālietis m, lv somāliete f Lithuanian: lt somalietis m, lt somalietė f Marathi: mr सोमाली Norwegian: Bokmål: nb somalier m Nynorsk: nn somaliar m Polish: pl Somalijczyk m, pl Somalijka f Portuguese: pt somali m f, pt somaliano m Romanian: ro somalez m, ro somaleză f Russian: ru сомали́ец m, ru сомали́йка f Spanish: es somalí Swahili: sw Msomali Turkish: tr Somalili See also so Somali (cat) Somali (cat) Adjective - Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language. Derived terms en Somalia Somaliland Somali peninsula Somalism Somalist Somalize Somalization Somalophobia Somalophilia Somalophobe Somalophile Somalophone Somali giraffe Somali ostrich Somali crow Somali wild ass Somali American Somali-American Translations pertaining to Somalia Afrikaans: af Somalies Arabic: ar صُومَالِيّ ṣomāliyy Asturian: ast somalín Basque: eu somaliar Catalan: ca somali Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 索馬里 索馬里的 Suǒmǎlǐ-de Czech: cs somálský Dutch: nl Somalisch Esperanto: eo somalia Finnish: fi somalialainen, fi somali somali-, fi somalilainen somalilais- French: fr somalien Galician: gl somalí German: de somalisch Greek: el σομαλικός m Irish: ga Somálach Latvian: lv somāļu, lv somāliešu Marathi: mr सोमाली Norwegian: Bokmål: nb somalisk Nynorsk: nn somalisk Polish: pl somalijski m Portuguese: pt somali, pt somaliano Romanian: ro somalez Russian: ru сомали́йский Spanish: es somalí Swahili: sw Kisomali Welsh: cy Somalïaidd m f, cy Somalaidd m f References Further reading Somali–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition. 1 so som som Anagrams en ailmos Alimos Islamo- Siloam mailos maolis salomi en Ethnonyms Languages Nationalities Somalia Afrikaans Noun Somali's af Somaliër Somali, person from Somalia Proper noun af Somalies Somali language af Somalia Nationalities Languages Lithuanian Pronunciation Somãli Proper noun lt proper noun form Somãli lt Somãlis voc Turkish tr: Etymology tr :bor fr:Somalie + 1 Pronunciation tr /so.má.li/ [so̞.mä́.l̠ʲi] tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Somali.wav Proper noun tr Somalia Q1045 Declension Somali Somali'yi Somali'ye Somali'de Somali'den Somali'nin See also