shabeel

== Somali == === Etymology === From Proto-Cushitic *kefc- (“spotted cat”). Compare Beja kafa. Cognate with Maay shaweel, Jiiddu shuul, Baiso kebel, Sidamo kewelcho, Hadiyya kabeera, Yaaku ch'epen, and Afar kabqi, Saho qabica. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʃɑ̀ˈβ̞ɛ́ɛ̀l] Hyphenation: sha‧beel === Noun === shabèel m (plural shabeello f) leopard (Panthera pardus) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Webi Shabeelle === References === “shabeel”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012