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Somali

See also: somali and somalí

English

Proper noun

Somali

A Cushitic language spoken mainly in Somalia and eastern Ethiopia.

Translations

a language

Arabic: صُومَالِيَّة (ar) f ‎(ṣomāliyya)
Armenian: սոմալի ‎(somali)
Basque: somaliera (eu)
Belarusian: самалійская f ‎(samalijskaja)
Bulgarian: сомалийски m ‎(somalijski)
Catalan: somali m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 索馬里語, 索马里语 ‎(Suǒmǎlǐ-yǔ)
Czech: somálština f
Dutch: Somalisch (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:
Latvian: somāļu valoda f, somāliešu valoda f

Lithuanian:
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
Novial: somalianum m
Polish: somalijski (pl) m
Portuguese: somali (pt) m
Romanian: somaleză (ro) f, somali (ro) f
Russian: сомали́йский (ru) m ‎(somalíjskij)
Scots: Somali
Somali: Soomaali m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: somališćina f
Spanish: somalí (es) m
Swahili: Kisomali
Swedish: somaliska (sv) c
Thai: ภาษาโซมาลี ‎(paasăa sohmaalee)
Turkish: Somalice (tr)
Ukrainian: сомалійська f ‎(somalijsʹka)
Volapük:
Walloon: Somalyin
Welsh:

A Somali kitten.

Somali–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.

ISO 639-1 code so, ISO 639-3 code som

Ethnologue entry for Somali, so

Noun

Somali ‎(plural Somalis)

A person from Somalia or of Somali descent.
A domestic cat breed.

Synonyms

Skinnies (person of Somali descent, derogatory)
Mali (person of Somali descent)

Hypernyms

(person from Somalia): sub-Saharan, Horner, Horn African

Translations

a person

Arabic: صُومَالِيّ m ‎(ṣomāliyy), صُومَالِيَّة (ar) f ‎(ṣomāliyya)
Basque: somaliar
Catalan: somali m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 索馬里人 (zh), 索马里人 (zh) ‎(Suǒmǎlǐ-rén)
Czech: Somálec (cs) m, Somálkyně 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
German: (ethnic) Somali (de) m, f, (citizen) Somalier (de) m, Somalierin (de) f
Greek: Σομαλός (el) m ‎(Somalós), Σομαλή f ‎(Somalí)
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, f, somaliano 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)

Adjective

Somali ‎(not comparable)

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

Translations

pertaining to Somalia

Arabic: صُومَالِيّ ‎(ṣomāliyy)
Basque: somaliar
Catalan: somali
Chinese:
Mandarin: 索馬里的 (zh), 索马里的 (zh) ‎(Suǒmǎlǐ-de)
Dutch: Somalisch (nl)
Finnish: somalialainen, somali-, somalilais-
French: somalien (fr)
German: somalisch (de)
Greek: σομαλικός m ‎(somalikós)
Irish: Somálach

Latvian: somāļu, somāliešu
Norwegian:

Bokmål: somalisk

Nynorsk: somalisk (nn)
Novial: somaliani
Polish: somalijski (pl) m
Portuguese: somali (pt), somaliano
Romanian: somalez (ro)
Russian: сомали́йский (ru) ‎(somalíjskij)
Spanish: somalí (es)
Swahili: Kisomali

Anagrams

Alimos

Maltese

Proper noun

Somali m

the Somali language

Turkish

Proper noun

Somali

Somalia

somali

See also: Somali and somalí

Catalan

Adjective

somali m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural somalis)

Somali

Noun

somali m, f ‎(plural somalis)

Somali (person)

Proper noun

somali m

Somali (language)

Related terms

Somàlia

Finnish

Noun

somali

A Somali.
The Somali language.

Declension

Inflection of somali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		somali	somalit
genitive		somalin	somalien
partitive		somalia	somaleja
illative		somaliin	somaleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		somali	somalit
accusative	nom.	somali	somalit
accusative	gen.	somalin	somalit
genitive		somalin	somalien
partitive		somalia	somaleja
inessive		somalissa	somaleissa
elative		somalista	somaleista
illative		somaliin	somaleihin
adessive		somalilla	somaleilla
ablative		somalilta	somaleilta
allative		somalille	somaleille
essive		somalina	somaleina
translative		somaliksi	somaleiksi
instructive		—	somalein
abessive		somalitta	somaleitta
comitative		—	somaleineen

Synonyms

(person): somalialainen
(language): somalin kieli

Anagrams

solmia

French

Adjective

somali m ‎(feminine singular somalie, masculine plural somalis, feminine plural somalies)

Somali

Proper noun

somali m

Somali (language)

Italian

Adjective

somali

masculine plural of somalo

Noun

somali m

plural of somalo

Anagrams

limosa

Portuguese

Etymology

From Somali Soomaali ‎(“Somali”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.ˈma.li/, /so.ma.ˈli/
Hyphenation: so‧ma‧li

Noun

somali m f (plural somalis)

Somali (person from Somalia)
Somali (a language of the Horn of Africa)

Synonyms

somaliano

Adjective

somali ‎(plural somalis, not comparable)

Somali (of Somalia or the Somali people)
Somali (of the Somali language)

Synonyms

(language): somaliano
(person): somaliano

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somali

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