habeen

== Somali == === Etymology === Uncertain: From Proto-Somaloid *hibéèn or *hammeen, which may be from Proto-Cushitic *hamin (compare Beja himni), derived from Proto-Cushitic *ham- (“darkness”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḥam- (“to be burnt”). Or, from earlier *haween. Related to Tsamai awne (“evening”). Or, related to Egyptian hbnj (“African blackwood”) and Tamahaq henbey (“have a black head”). Cognate with Garre habiin, Aweer habee, Rendille ibeen or ëbên?, Jiiddu hamiin, Baiso hemeen. In Southern Nilotic, compare Nandi ko-imen (“to become evening”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑˈβ̞ɛ̂ːn/, [hæˈβ̞êːn] === Noun === habèen m (plural habeenno f) night Antonym: maalin === References === “habeen”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012