Somali

== English == === Etymology === From or akin to Somali Soomaali. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /səˈmɑːli/ (US) IPA(key): /soʊˈmɑːli/, /səˈmɑːli/ Hyphenation: So‧ma‧li === Proper noun === Somali (uncountable) A Cushitic language spoken mainly in Somalia, eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, and eastern Kenya. (uncountable) Somali language and literature as an object of study. === Noun === Somali (countable and uncountable, plural Somali or Somalis) (chiefly countable, collective) An ethnic group native to the Somali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis. (chiefly uncountable, collective and in the plural) The Somali ethnic group as a whole; the Somali. (countable, collective) A citizen or resident from the country of Somalia. (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. Synonyms: 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 ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== Horn African, East African, African, Horner, Cushite ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Wiktionary’s coverage of Somali terms Somali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Somali (cat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Somali (cat) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Adjective === Somali (not comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === 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 == Afrikaans == === Noun === Somali (plural Somali's) synonym of Somaliër (“Somali, person from Somalia”) === Proper noun === Somali synonym of Somalies (“Somali language”) == Lithuanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [soː²ˈmɑːlʲɪ] Rhymes: -ɑːlʲɪ Syllabification: So‧mã‧li === Proper noun === Somãli vocative of Somãlis == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Somalie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /so.má.li/, [so̞.mä́.l̠ʲi] === Proper noun === Somali Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa) ==== Declension ==== === See also ===