Is ajnabi a Somali word ?

[Geeljire lotus]

Someone help me out

 

[A_A]

I’ve waited for this moment for a longtime

 

[TheSayid]

its arabic, somali equivalent i guess is shisheeye

 

[Dalmoor]

Someone help me out

 

[Guts]

I’ve waited for this moment for a longtime

You are actually a genius lool

 

[Ugaaso]

Someone help me out

qof islamet

 

[Crow]

How could a word like that be Arabic? They called us ajnabi and we just decided to say it back to them?

And how could that word become so ubiquitous across Somalia when the region had very little Arabic penetration?

 

[SomaliSteel]

It is a arabic word but it pronounced differently

 

[NotMyL]

I’ve waited for this moment for a longtime

Why do they look like they are in pain?

 

[AIOPZ]

It is a arabic word but it pronounced differently

Nope, it's pronounced literally the exact same way.

 

[AIOPZ]

How could a word like that be Arabic? They called us ajnabi and we just decided to say it back to them?

And how could that word become so ubiquitous across Somalia when the region had very little Arabic penetration?

Slightly related, but why do we continue to use the Italian word for yellow "giallo" and not use our own word for it? Is there not an authentic Somali word for yellow?

 

[Crow]

Slightly related, but why do we continue to use the Italian word for yellow "giallo" and not use our own word for it? Is there not an authentic Somali word for yellow?

Probably. We're missing a few colours like purple. They call it brown in Somalia.

 

[Fiidmeer]

Slightly related, but why do we continue to use the Italian word for yellow "giallo" and not use our own word for it? Is there not an authentic Somali word for yellow?

Somali version is huruud used in the North.

 

[A_A]

Why do they look like they are in pain?

They’re in pain due to their immense love for one another

 

[Schematics]

Somali version is huruud used in the North.

So, the word must have two meanings then.

Huruud - Yellow
Huruud - Make-up women put on in Somalia that is yellow in colour.

 

[A_A]

Slightly related, but why do we continue to use the Italian word for yellow "giallo" and not use our own word for it? Is there not an authentic Somali word for yellow?

I’ve never heard of that in my life, I know it as Huruud tho.

 

[Fiidmeer]

So, the word must have two meanings then.

Huruud - Yellow
Huruud - Make-up women put on in Somalia that is yellow in colour.

Yes.

 

[Schematics]

I’ve never heard of that in my life, I know it as Huruud tho.

Common use for yellow in Muqdishu and Kismayo. Lower than Galkacyo towards the south on Somalia's map. People use the word for yellow. Southern borrowed word.