Meaning

5 senses
  1. (collective, countable)An ethnic group native to the Somali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis.

    Historically, Somalis were a nomadic people herding camels, goats, and sheep. Nowadays, many if not most Somalis are urbanized people.

  2. (collective, in the plural, uncountable)The Somali ethnic group as a whole; the Somali.

    The Somali are an ethnic group of Cushitic origin indigenous to the Somali Peninsula. Their language is called Somali.

  3. (collective, countable)A citizen or resident from the country of Somalia.

  4. (collective, countable)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.

    Somali, Somalisch, Somali

    сомали́йскийsomalíjskij, сомали́ецsomalíjec, сомали́йкаsomalíjka

    сомалійськаsomalijsʹka

  5. (countable, uncountable)A domestic cat breed derived from the Abyssinian cat.

More definitions
  • the Cushitic language spoken by the Somali
  • a member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia

Examples

19 sentences
  1. My doctor is a Somali Muslim.

    Мій лікар - мусульманин із Сомалі. — deniko

    deMein Arzt ist ein Muslim aus Somalia. — mhr

  2. Somali has over 18 million native speakers.

    ruБолее 18 миллионов человек говорят на сомалийском как на родном. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR

  3. Somalia is called "Soomaaliya" in Somali.

  4. This is a predominantly Somali mosque.

  5. The ship was attacked by Somali pirates.

    ruНа корабль напали сомалийские пираты. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a language:
Русский
By meaning 2
a language:
a person from Somalia or of Somali descent:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a language:
a person from Somalia or of Somali descent:

Origin

From or akin to Somali Soomaali.

From or akin to Somali Soomaali.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: Somali / Somalis
SingularSomali
PluralSomali / Somalis

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the Cushitic language spoken by the Somali:Somali language

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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