abbaan

== Somali == === Etymology === From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- (“father”). Related to aabbe (“father”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ʔɑ̀ʔ͡pˈb̥ɑ́ɑ̀n] Hyphenation: ab‧baan ==== Noun ==== abbaan m (plural abbaanno f) patron ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== abbaanduule (“commander of a military expedition”) abbaanwarre (“husband”) === References === Reinisch, Leo (1902), Die Somali-Sprache (in German), volume 2, Wien, Austria, page 10